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A police officer has been charged with dangerous driving and reckless conduct endangering life, after he allegedly travelled up to 230km/h. Leading Senior Constable Bradley Beecroft was rushing to help an injured colleague who had been struck by a car on the side of a freeway. At the time, the severity of the colleague’s injuries […]

A P-plate driver who killed two cyclists after falling asleep at the wheel has been found not guilty of dangerous driving causing death. Nicholas Parker was driving in northwest Sydney when the incident occurred. He appeared at Parramatta District Court and faced a judge-alone trial on those charges as well as charges of negligent driving […]

Instagram influencer Patricia Hadjia has narrowly avoided jail for high range drink driving after crashing into multiple cars and flipping the vehicle she was in. Following the accident, both herself and a passenger had to free themselves from the wreckage. She appeared at Waverley Local Court where she was sentenced to community service. High Range […]

A 52-year-old man who was charged with drink driving twice in the same day has been sentenced at Cowra Local Court. Rodney John Hampton was charged with drive with middle range PCA, drive while suspended and drive with low range PCA. The two incidents both occurred on 12 September 2021. Stopped Twice on the Same […]

A man who was found not guilty to drink driving charges after giving false evidence has been jailed for perjury. Bernard Andrew Nash successfully sued NSW police after lying under oath during his drink driving case. However, ten years later the real estate agent was found guilty of two perjury charges. They related to false […]

Liberal MP Tim Smith has been charged with drink driving after an accident with a fence which wrote off his vehicle. Despite earlier being equivocal about whether he would remain in politics, the former shadow cabinet minister announced that he would in fact quit politics at the next state election. Mr Smith was breath tested […]

Former bachelorette Angie Kent has been lambasted by a Magistrate after pleading guilty to a drink driving charge. The former TV star was fined and disqualified from driving at Downing Centre Local Court. The Magistrate made particular reference to the 31-year-old’s lengthy traffic record and prior drink driving offence. Angie Kent Drink Driving The court […]

Imagine this – you’re driving down an open road, pass a police car and decide to flash your headlights to warn of police. Drivers travelling in the opposite direction will no doubt be thankful. Indeed, some would say it would be un-Australian to act in any other way. But could you be committing an offence? […]

The director of Australia’s largest television network has narrowly avoided jail for high-range drink driving. Darren Wick, Channel Nine’s director of news and current affairs appeared at Hornsby Local Court on 20 January 2021 after being caught driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) more than four times over the legal limit.  It was Wick’s […]

Drink driving offences carry significant disqualification periods. Many also carry terms of imprisonment. As such, it is crucial to be aware of the various drink driving offences as well as possible defences. These offences are based on the prescribed concentration of alcohol (PCA) in a person’s system. For this reason, they are sometime referred to […]