Plea To Competency Upheld Mobile Phone Case Deserted

Kept Licence
Ayr Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court

A very simple case where the Crown had served papers outwith the appropriate statutory time limit. Having submitted a plea to the competency of the charge of the grounds of time bar, the case was deserted and our client left the court process with his driving licence unaffected by the prosecution. 

Published: 06/06/2017

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