New South Wales Cop Pleads Not Guilty to Drink Driving

Published on December 21, 2023

A high-ranking New South Wales (NSW) police officer who allegedly crashed a work car in a tunnel while driving drunk has pleaded not guilty. The case of the officer, whose identity has been suppressed for 40 years, was mentioned in Hornsby Local Court on Dec. 21 after he was charged in November. The senior detective pleaded not guilty to charges of driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and high-range PCA, meaning he was allegedly more than three times over the legal blood-alcohol limit while behind the wheel. Internal police documents recently released under a parliamentary order revealed the officer lodged an insurance claim that said the May crash happened while he was travelling through Sydney’s NorthConnex tunnel and the driver “fell asleep”....

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