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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Adam Dutton & Sam Greenway

Driver cleared of refusing to give breath sample as he was too drunk to use breathalyser

A driver was cleared of refusing to give a breath sample – as he was too drunk to blow into a police breathalyser, a court heard.

Jonathan Smith, 44, was pulled over in the early hours of the morning after cops spotted him driving without his lights on.

Officers took him to a police station and ordered him to use a breathalyser but he was unable to blow into the device despite five attempts.

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