
Mockery over speech impediment drives drinker to brink
Repeat drink-driver stuck in rut of alcohol use to numb the pain of illness and ridicule.
Repeat drink-driver stuck in rut of alcohol use to numb the pain of illness and ridicule.
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Martin Byrne spoke up after a young worker nearly died, a week after a similar accident.
The driver was overtaking a 52-tonne logging truck on a corner.
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The occupants were found in the upside-down car injured and bleeding badly.
'It happened so fast. He just ran at me and shoved me back'.
The officer was responding to a family harm incident in which a man was high on meth.
They didn't want to pay $1767 for their 1.85-hectare property.
The wedding venue business wasn't paying her. So she helped herself.
He drove in an 'erratic manner' straight past the police station.
'It just rushed at me and by the time I saw it…I couldn’t shut the door'.
Now he's serving home detention after being sentenced in court.
The 52-year-old admitted to police it was a 'stupid' move.
He was also busy making a hot drink when the judge called his case.
Suppression ends for man in "state of dissonance" over his offending.
He drove almost the length of New Zealand without a proper break.
Judge: 'She was only doing her job and didn’t deserve to be treated like this.'
Emergency services responded to reports of the incident around 8.30am
Angry words with his passenger led to yet another drink drive charge.
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Victim 'broke almost every bone' after truck smashed into his car on wet road.