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Gordon v Thorpe: QBD 1986

The defendant provided two specimens of breath through an intoximeter 3000. Though the machine appeared to be working otherwise properly, the two readings were wider apart than usual.
Held: Each reading was still in excess of the maximum, and expert evidence was to the effect that the blood alcohol level exceeded the maximum. The prosecutor’s appeal succeeded.

Citations:

[1986] RTR 358

Statutes:

Road Traffic Act 1972 6(1) 8(1)

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedHussain v the Director of Public Prosecutions Admn 19-Mar-2008
Appeal by case stated – conviction for failing to provide specimen of breath. Machine at one station had failed on two occasions – defendant taken to second station and re-tested. Whether third test request lawful.
Held: In completing the . .
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Road Traffic

Updated: 28 March 2022; Ref: scu.267733

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