Detention of Romanian man not unlawful, says Court of Appeal

Gardaí did not tell man, arrested on suspicion of drink driving, that they didn’t think he needed an interpreter

The man was stopped by a garda in Dublin in December 2013, after the officer noticed him driving along, dragging a traffic cone under his front bumper.

The Court of Appeal has found that the detention of a Romanian man, arrested on suspicion of drink driving, was not unlawful, despite gardaí not telling him that they didn’t think he needed an interpreter.

However, the court found it was up to the trial judge to decide whether the breath sample taken from the man was admissible in evidence.