This is probbly one of the most intresting threads I have read in a long while. Its funny how other people thoughts influence your way of thinking. Or maby thats just my young mind be manulipulated.
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This is probbly one of the most intresting threads I have read in a long while. Its funny how other people thoughts influence your way of thinking. Or maby thats just my young mind be manulipulated.
Salted Pork
Thats fair enough but a 20 minute delay wil do f-all, in fact your blood level will likely increase.Originally Posted by Lou Girardin
Immature and proud of it.
My metabolism is by Suzuki, very very fast.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
Loud and Uncouth
A medical aberation?
Somebody with two lver perhaps?
Lots of people would give their right whatever to metabolise alcamahol quickly.
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Sole charge policeman let off drink-driving charge
Wednesday September 13, 2006
By Jon Stokes
The sole charge Taranaki policeman charged with drink-driving after going to a fatal crash on his day off has been let off without conviction.
"You were dealing with an emergency," Judge Louis Bidois told Jonathan Erwood.
"You had to make a snap decision, effectively on the hoof."
Mr Erwood's supporters, packed into the New Plymouth District Court, burst into applause at the decision.
Mr Erwood, 37, the sole-charge officer in the small town of Mokau, was charged with drink-driving after he drove his police vehicle to the scene of a double fatality on July 9.
In court today, he pleaded guilty but was discharged without conviction.
He will also keep his driver's licence.
Mr Erwood attended the accident in which Clint Ratima, 32, of Aria, and New Plymouth physiotherapist Jennifer Trentham, 48, died.
Mrs Trentham's husband, Richard, was taken to Taranaki Hospital with serious injuries.
Mr Erwood - who was not on duty on the day of the accident - was breath-tested at the crash scene by a highway patrol officer who said he smelled alcohol on the constable's breath.
Blood testing allegedly revealed 106 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams.
The charge polarised the small township. Several people, including emergency workers who attended the accident, supported Mr Erwood, who is heavily involved in community clubs and events.
The case was clouded by the fact that Mr Erwood had played golf and was drinking with Mr Ratima before the accident. However, he was not present when Mr Ratima got into a car, drove north, failed to take a corner and hit the Trenthams.
Judge Bidois ruled that special circumstances applied in this case.
He told Mr Erwood: "You risked your career to attend the accident. Your instincts were to help."
The judge added: "For 16 years you have performed with distinction as a police officer. There will be a real risk you will lose your job if convicted. That decision is not for me.
"It would be, in my view, wrong, however.
"Police would have lost a good man and Mokau would be losing a very good police officer and a very strong member of the community."
Afterwards, a relieved Mr Erwood thanked his supporters and said he was looking to the future.
"I'm looking forward to moving on and getting on with it.
"That was stage one. I have stage two to deal with," he said, referring to an internal police disciplinary investigation, which is currently under way.
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Hardcore Biker
I just want to say "yaaayyyyy". He lost a friend, the physios family will think he's dirt for letting friend go on the road drunk (when he might have had no control of that). Isn't that nuff punishment.
That might be the first Judge I've ever seen not be an idiot. I'm shocked.
For Judges rate lowest on my species list. They are the cream of our finest scum ie crim lawyers - snakes in suits - moneyed psychopaths on the whole.
The not so placid...
yeah I'm glad to see he walked from that as well...
I'm not a complete idiot... some pieces are missing
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The outcome of the Police disciplinary hearing will be interesting.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
Forum whore
Really?
You must know different judges to me..................
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the middle path
For once, common sense seems to have prevailed
Experience......something you get just after you needed it
Forum whore
Well well. I also am surprised. A notable victory for common sense. Well done Mr Judge
Hard for the PTB to discipline him now - he has no conviction. At most I suppose some sort of "conduct unbecoming" stuff. Even that would he hard.
A very good result i think. And it certainly must be a great relief to the cop. Mind you, I suspect the judge will get some shit thrown his way over it.
Scotsman on a German
Nice to see everything happened just as I predicted when this thread first started.
Thankin' you.
Posts #2 and #5 specifically.
Last edited by McJim; 13th September 2006 at 13:19. Reason: had to find the other posts
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Hardcore Biker
You know a good one SP? Well thats nice. I've dealt with 2 high court ones as a victim of serious crime who were both certainly corrupt. One I can prove this - also that he leaned on the prosecutor to let a mate off the hook by not "pushing this one too hard"(even tho he withheld release of HIS trial notes 7 years then had all 3 copies tampered with).
With the other case of corruption the facts if you knew them speak for themself. Lost evidence, friendly with wrong people - weird rulings etc
I also have close rellys in gangs too who dealt with the young nippers (now judges) when they were in law school. And could tell some very interesting stories about where that led to. They have had their inquiries in Oz, and inquiry re Police here. But I tell u the judiciary is where its really at. They (certain ones) would lead the world in dirty dealings here.
There was a reason the judges fought hard against having their rulings displayed on the internet (as of this month). As it will make it harder for them to conceal hijinx. Before there was ZERO transparency as high court judges OWNED the trial notes - and could prevent people reading thru summarily.
Easily wound up!!
It sucks.
Once again the courts have placed the Police above the law!!
If it had been any one of you taking a sick family member to a hospital while over the limit you would have got nailed. No excuses!!
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gee wizzz
I think justice in this case was served. I'd have been upset if the cop blew 200 something like that.He blew 10% over the legal limit I know theres a line in the sand -a legal amount we can drink and still be allowed on the road -He was over it but gosh darn it --for a VERY good reason.
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