MMS client accused of motoring offences receives NFA

Case study summary

Our client had been disqualified from driving and was alleged by police to have been using a work van during the disqualification period and without a licence or insurance.

We drafted a prepared statement and left the police with no choice but to end their case.

Case study

Our client was asked to hand himself in at a police station having been accused of several motoring offences.

During disclosure, we questioned the police on their case at it became clear that they did not have sufficient evidence to actually identify our client as the driver of the vehicle. They explained that the van had caught their attention while they were on patrol. They provided dashcam footage showing that the driver had driven at speed after they realised that they were being followed by police and then stopped at a house. The police then explained that the driver had exited the vehicle and ran through the building.

The police believed that this had been our client and that he was attempting to escape from the police. However, the footage did not capture the driver of the vehicle and the police did not see the driver's face.

We advised our client on the police case and he explained that he had not been driving the van at the time. We drafted a prepared statement to put his defence to the police.

Soon after the police ended their case against him.