My GF gets a call from a friend this morning in floods of tears and panicing becuase she thinks she in trouble with the law.
I think the story goes that she and her BF drove into town for a night out with the intention of leaving it overnight. He is banned for drink driving until the end of this year. She gave him the keys because she had no pockets.
Later they argued and made to go home. He wanted to drive (he has been driving during his ban) but she did not want to get in the car. He said walk and I'll drive home and she let him drive her car back to her house.
For reasons only known to himself, he took a wrong turn and decided to reverse down a one-way street - into the path of a police car.
So they lock him up and go round to the girls house to get her story. I think they've given completely different stories. The policewoman implied that if she let him drive her car and she was aware that he was drunk she would be in trouble as well. She was going to say that her took the car without her consent but decided he was in enough trouble as it is - although I wouldn't be surprised that if she has committed some sort of offence she might try to change her story and say he took the car without her knowledge
Personally I couldn't give a monkeys for either of them but my question is, has she committed a crime? I'm sure if you let someone whose drunk drive your car and you are in the car too, you are in serious trouble however I'm not sure what the implications are if you are not in your car at the time.
Also, please keep replies to the question not the usual hung drawn and quartered rubbish of committing a crime in the first place.
I think the story goes that she and her BF drove into town for a night out with the intention of leaving it overnight. He is banned for drink driving until the end of this year. She gave him the keys because she had no pockets.
Later they argued and made to go home. He wanted to drive (he has been driving during his ban) but she did not want to get in the car. He said walk and I'll drive home and she let him drive her car back to her house.
For reasons only known to himself, he took a wrong turn and decided to reverse down a one-way street - into the path of a police car.
So they lock him up and go round to the girls house to get her story. I think they've given completely different stories. The policewoman implied that if she let him drive her car and she was aware that he was drunk she would be in trouble as well. She was going to say that her took the car without her consent but decided he was in enough trouble as it is - although I wouldn't be surprised that if she has committed some sort of offence she might try to change her story and say he took the car without her knowledge
Personally I couldn't give a monkeys for either of them but my question is, has she committed a crime? I'm sure if you let someone whose drunk drive your car and you are in the car too, you are in serious trouble however I'm not sure what the implications are if you are not in your car at the time.
Also, please keep replies to the question not the usual hung drawn and quartered rubbish of committing a crime in the first place.
