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The Courier
22-04-2025
- The Courier
Tuesday court round-up — Fake police officer and drug-driver caught after crash
A motorist was approached by a fake police officer in Crieff, who remarked on his driving. George Francis was parked in the town's King Street when he was targeted by the bogus constable on July 23 last year. appeared at Perth Sheriff Court and admitted a charge of impersonating a police officer. He tailed Mr Francis and parked his Volvo behind him, before stepping out and identifying himself as a police officer. The court heard Meager went on to 'advise Mr Francis on the manner of his driving'. Meager, of Kincardine Road, Crieff, also admitted a breach of bail conditions. Sentence was deferred for background reports. A Dundee school teacher was knocked unconscious and left covered in blood after being thrown 'like a ragdoll' by an angry pupil. After carrying out the vicious attack, put his feet up on a teacher's desk and said: 'The stupid cow deserved it.' A drunken Forfar taxi driver has lost his job after stumbling into a stranger's home, then driving off. admitted driving with excess alcohol (56mics/ 22) after being spotted driving on Glenogil Terrace, Dundee Road and Lentlands Road on April 3 this year. The 50-year-old from Forfar drew attention to himself at 10.30pm when he entered a stranger's home in the Angus town for around 30 seconds, before 'he simply made a noise' and returned to his Nissan Qashqai taxi and drove off. Prosecutor Jill Drummond explained to Forfar Sheriff Court police traced Bahar just before midnight on Glenogil Terrace. When the driver got out the car to attend at a cash point, he forgot to apply the handbrake. Officers found him to be dishevelled, slurring his speech and smelling strongly of alcohol. His solicitor Ian Houston explained the father-of-two from Bangladesh has been in the UK since 2018 and is about to become a father again this summer. 'He was working as a taxi driver at the time. 'His licence has been suspended. He will obviously lose that. He sees no prospect of employment in the near future. 'He's not used to drinking. It was his friend who insisted he had a drink and he succumbed to temptation.' Sheriff Mark Thorley fined the first offender £380 altogether and disqualified him from driving for a year. A Dundee scammer used bounced cheques to get his hands on vehicles and left online sellers out of pocket. has finally been sentenced more than six years after charges were first brought against him. A professional driver, six times over the drug-drive limit, who was transporting a Range Rover Discovery from Aberdeen to Strathclyde ended up on his roof in Angus. , from Motherwell, appeared at Forfar Sheriff Court to admit driving with excess cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine (323mics/ 50) on November 22 last year. The court heard the 31-year-old's driving was not to blame for the mid-afternoon collision near Bogindollo which saw him end up off the road and upside down. After failing a roadside drugswipe, he admitted to police he had taken cocaine days before but thought the drug had left his system. Solicitor Nick Markowski said: 'He will lose his current employment. 'He's got a strong work ethic. He mainly does driving work.' Sheriff Mark Thorley banned Hamilton for 16 months and fined him £420 altogether. He said: 'I appreciate the manner which you came to the attention of the police is not your fault.'
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Yahoo
‘Drink-drive' lawyer said she couldn't take breathalyser test because she had ‘had her lips done'
A lawyer caught drink driving told police she couldn't take a roadside breathalyser test because she had 'had her lips done', a court heard. Rachel Tansey, 44, was pulled over at 2.20am after reports her silver Range Rover Discovery was 'weaving around' the road at 20 mph in a 60 mph zone. But when asked to blow into the intoxilyzer machine, barrister Tansey was claimed she could not fully seal her lips around the tube because of the procedure. Later when challenged the mother of three who lives in a £1.4 million mansion in Formby, Merseyside, said: 'Do not tell me what I can and cannot do. I am doing my very best. It is like asking someone to jump up after a tummy tuck. I cannot do it.' Officers told Ms Tansey she would have to provide a blood sample, to which she responded: ''Good luck trying to get blood from me. Let's roll the dice. I will not consent to blood.' She was subsequently charged with failing to provide breath and blood samples. At Sefton magistrates court, Ms Tansey denied wrongdoing, insisting she had not been drinking and had only been driving slowly as she had dropped a chicken wrap she had been eating and also swilling mouthwash into a cup while travelling along Formby Bypass. She also claimed the refusal to give blood was due to her having an undiagnosed phobia of needles. She said the cosmetic surgery was non-invasive but did not involve needles. Convicting her of both charges, District Judge James Hatton told her: ''From the moment that you got out of the car you attempted to manipulate this situation. ''You have tried to delay and delay and delay the officers. You tell the officers that you had nothing to drink. Clearly you had at least something to drink. 'You refused as soon as you were aware of the roadside and you made no proper attempt to blow at the roadside. You say you had your lips done. 'Clearly you are now trying to backtrack from the obvious meaning of 'I have had my lips done' because you knew by inference it would infer a needle being used. 'You were argumentative with police at the police station, argumentative with the prosecutor today in court. When told about blood you made no mention of the phobia, you said 'Roll the dice'. You won't let your pulse be taken, you won't let your blood pressure be taken, you won't even try. 'I find it extremely unlikely indeed that you would be eating a chicken wrap, chewing gum and swilling the mouthwash and spitting it into a cup while driving along Formby Bypass. 'I reject your account in its entirety as there is no support for it. You are a witness who lacks any kind of credibility whatsoever.'' He bailed her for sentencing saying: ''This will likely be dealt with by way of a community order. But I will not tie the hands of the sentencing court and will leave all options open, including custody.'' The incident occurred on April 20, 2023, after Tansey who also runs a bar in Liverpool was reported to a police patrol about her erratic driving by an off-duty colleague. PC Thomas Moore told the hearing: ''Upon opening the vehicle I could smell the scent of alcohol and she seemed to be slightly erratic in her behaviour. She automatically said she had been drinking plenty of mouthwash and eating chewing gum. ''She said that she would be unable to provide a roadside breath test because she had cosmetic surgery on her lips the day before. She was putting her lips around the tube and forming a seal at one point to provide a partial sample but could not complete and provide a full sample' He added: 'She was very arrogant to be honest.' Tansey told the court the procedure was an 'IPL,' a non-surgical skin treatment that using light to improve complexion. 'I have had IPL treatments - a course of six. You put them on your face and it is not invasive. It takes any hair from around your chin. These things happen when you get older. When I told them about my lip it was my upper lip,' she said. ''I have had a good few of those treatments and they say it can cause swelling and mild discomfort. It is UV light going on your skin. I have got very sensitive skin. But when I was talking about the procedure I have had, I was surrounded by seven men. I did not want to say 'I have had all my upper hair waxed off.' The barrister said she was 'shocked and really anxious about what was going on' after being pulled over, and claimed that she had offered to provide a urine sample after failing to provide a breath or blood sample. 'If you ask me to give blood it's like the shutters come down. No chance. No way. I was in a high state of anxiety at the time and my head just goes to a different place. I was really angry that they would not take the urine off me. They would not listen It is just a knee jerk reaction. I just go into defence mode,' she said. Ms Tansey was bailed for sentencing to March 4 at Liverpool Magistrates Court. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
09-02-2025
- Telegraph
‘Drink-drive' lawyer said she couldn't take breathalyser test because she had ‘had her lips done'
A lawyer caught drink driving told police she couldn't take a roadside breathalyser test because she had 'had her lips done', a court heard. Rachel Tansey, 44, was pulled over at 2.20am after reports her silver Range Rover Discovery was 'weaving around' the road at 20 mph in a 60 mph zone. But when asked to blow into the intoxilyzer machine, barrister Tansey was claimed she could not fully seal her lips around the tube because of the procedure. Later when challenged the mother of three who lives in a £1.4 million mansion in Formby, Merseyside, said: 'Do not tell me what I can and cannot do. I am doing my very best. It is like asking someone to jump up after a tummy tuck. I cannot do it.' Officers told Ms Tansey she would have to provide a blood sample, to which she responded: ''Good luck trying to get blood from me. Let's roll the dice. I will not consent to blood.' She was subsequently charged with failing to provide breath and blood samples. 'Phobia of needles' At Sefton magistrates court, Ms Tansey denied wrongdoing, insisting she had not been drinking and had only been driving slowly as she had dropped a chicken wrap she had been eating and also swilling mouthwash into a cup while travelling along Formby Bypass. She also claimed the refusal to give blood was due to her having an undiagnosed phobia of needles. She said the cosmetic surgery was non-invasive but did not involve needles. Convicting her of both charges, District Judge James Hatton told her: ''From the moment that you got out of the car you attempted to manipulate this situation. ''You have tried to delay and delay and delay the officers. You tell the officers that you had nothing to drink. Clearly you had at least something to drink. 'You refused as soon as you were aware of the roadside and you made no proper attempt to blow at the roadside. You say you had your lips done. 'Clearly you are now trying to backtrack from the obvious meaning of 'I have had my lips done' because you knew by inference it would infer a needle being used. 'Argumentative' 'You were argumentative with police at the police station, argumentative with the prosecutor today in court. When told about blood you made no mention of the phobia, you said 'Roll the dice'. You won't let your pulse be taken, you won't let your blood pressure be taken, you won't even try. 'I find it extremely unlikely indeed that you would be eating a chicken wrap, chewing gum and swilling the mouthwash and spitting it into a cup while driving along Formby Bypass. 'I reject your account in its entirety as there is no support for it. You are a witness who lacks any kind of credibility whatsoever.'' He bailed her for sentencing saying: ''This will likely be dealt with by way of a community order. But I will not tie the hands of the sentencing court and will leave all options open, including custody.'' The incident occurred on April 20, 2023, after Tansey who also runs a bar in Liverpool was reported to a police patrol about her erratic driving by an off-duty colleague. PC Thomas Moore told the hearing: ''Upon opening the vehicle I could smell the scent of alcohol and she seemed to be slightly erratic in her behaviour. She automatically said she had been drinking plenty of mouthwash and eating chewing gum. ''She said that she would be unable to provide a roadside breath test because she had cosmetic surgery on her lips the day before. She was putting her lips around the tube and forming a seal at one point to provide a partial sample but could not complete and provide a full sample' 'Very arrogant' He added: 'She was very arrogant to be honest.' Tansey told the court the procedure was an 'IPL,' a non-surgical skin treatment that using light to improve complexion. 'I have had IPL treatments - a course of six. You put them on your face and it is not invasive. It takes any hair from around your chin. These things happen when you get older. When I told them about my lip it was my upper lip,' she said. ''I have had a good few of those treatments and they say it can cause swelling and mild discomfort. It is UV light going on your skin. I have got very sensitive skin. But when I was talking about the procedure I have had, I was surrounded by seven men. I did not want to say 'I have had all my upper hair waxed off.' The barrister said she was 'shocked and really anxious about what was going on' after being pulled over, and claimed that she had offered to provide a urine sample after failing to provide a breath or blood sample. 'If you ask me to give blood it's like the shutters come down. No chance. No way. I was in a high state of anxiety at the time and my head just goes to a different place. I was really angry that they would not take the urine off me. They would not listen It is just a knee jerk reaction. I just go into defence mode,' she said. Ms Tansey was bailed for sentencing to March 4 at Liverpool Magistrates Court.
