The WLR Daily case summaries
[2019] WLR(D) 170
Queen’s Bench Division
Richardson v Director of Public Prosecutions
[2019] EWHC 428 (Admin)
2019 Feb 14; 28
Knowles J
Road traffic— Drunk in charge of motor vehicle— “Public place”— Defendant in motor vehicle parked in private car park— Defendant convicted of being in charge of mechanically propelled vehicle on public place whilst unfit through drink— Whether car park “public place”— Whether conviction to be quashed—
Road Traffic Act 1988 (c 52) (as amended by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c 40), ss 4, 48, Sch 4, para 78(2)), ss 4(2), 192(1)