Phew!

We had a drink-driver in a couple of months ago who had blown, believe it or not, a little over five times the limit on the EBM machine.

We allowed him an adjournment to seek expert advice as to whether the medication he is on might have caused some chemical process that would have confused the machine. If the expert comes up with anything worth putting in front of a court, then the Crown will have to put in its own expert.

By now his report will have been completed, but I am unlikely to find out what it says, or where matters go from here. I have never seen a single successful defence based on medication - even baby's gripe water which someone tried once (it's 5% alcohol, you know).