R v Redknapp: Dorset Magistrates’ Court
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 31 October 2019 |
| Subject Matter | Criminal |
| Court | Magistrates' Court |
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IN THE DORSET MAGISTRATES COURT SITTING AT POOLE
R v Mark James Redknapp
31st October 2019
1. The defendant was charged with one offence as follows:
“On 02/04/18 at Penn Hill Avenue, Poole, drove a motor vehicle,
namely KM17BPU a grey Mercedes C63, on a public place, namely
Canford Cliffs Road, Poole, when the proportion of a controlled drug,
namely Cocaine, in your blood, namely Benzoylecgonine (BZE)
(cocaine body breakdown product) 749 ug/l micrograms of analyte
per litre of blood exceeded the specified limit.
Contrary to section5(A)(1)(a) and (2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and
Schedule 2 to The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.
2. The defendant appeared at Poole Magistrates Court on the 6th June
2018 and entered a not guilty plea. It is for the prosecution to
prove beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty it is not
for the defendant to have to prove anything at all.
3. The Prosecution case as set out on the MG5 document in the IDPC
pack can be summarised thus; the police saw the defendant driving
his car in Poole he was stopped at traffic lights and was seen to be
using a mobile phone. As he pulled away from the lights he was
stopped by the officers and spoken to. One of the officers believed
the defendant was exhibiting signs of drug use and noted he had
“droopy eyes”. The defendant was requested to take a road side
drug swipe, he did this. The test showed positive for cocaine as a
result he was arrested and taken to the police station. He was
required to provide a specimen of blood, he consented a sample
was taken by a nurse and sent for analysis. The analysis
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