Drink-drive cases fail on missing paperwork, says judge

A judge has said a high proportion of alleged drink-driving cases are being struck because local doctors are not filling in paperwork properly.

Drink-drive cases fail on missing paperwork, says judge

Judge Paul Kelly made his comments as he was forced to strike out another such case at Letterkenny District Court in Co Donegal.

The case against a Portuguese woman allegedly caught drink-driving in Letterkenny in 2014 was struck out after a blood certificate was not fully completed by a member of Nowdoc. In turn, investigating gardaí had not checked the form.

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