Drug driving prosecution dismissed after Leitrim judge has doubt about statutory requirement
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A case of alleged drug driving was dismissed after the judge said he had a doubt that the arresting garda had made a statutory requirement for the defendant to remain at the scene until a roadside testing apparatus arrived.
Appearing before Carrick-on-Shannon District Court last week was Leigh Langan McManus, 6 Rockingham, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim charged with the alleged offence at Doon, Boyle, Co Roscommon on at 7.50pm on April 20, 2019.
Mr McManus was stopped by Garda Aisling O’Brien travelling at 85 in a 50kph zone. He told the garda he was travelling back to work in Carrick-on-Shannon and was late.