References: [1962] 2 QB 167, [1961] 3 All ER 6
Ratio: Evidence that a driver had been drinking was admissible when the driver faced a charge of dangerous driving.
This case is cited by:
- Cited – Regina v Woodward (Terence) CACD (Times 07-Dec-94, [1995] 2 Cr App R 388, [1995] 3 All ER 79, [1995] RTR 130)
On a prosecution for causing death by dangerous driving, contrary to section 1 of the 1988 Act, the fact that the driver was adversely affected by alcohol was a relevant circumstance in determining whether he was driving dangerously.’The fact (if it . . - Cited – Webster v Regina CACD (Bailii, [2006] EWCA Crim 415, Times 15-Mar-06)
The appellant challenged his conviction for aiding an abetting the causing of death by dangerous driving as a passenger. The driver had been drunk.
Held: The mere intoxication of the driver was not of itself and alone sufficient to establish . .
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