Nigel Dempster cleared of drink driving due to fear of needles

Title

Nigel Dempster cleared of drink driving due to fear of needles

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

3 May 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:37

Description

Royal watcher and gossip columnist, Nigel Dempster has been cleared of drink driving, thanks to his fear of catching AIDS. A court has ruled that police followed an incorrect arrest procedure after Dempster told them he did not want to give a blood sample because he was terrified of needles. From the court, Gareth Furby reports.

Contributors

Nigel Dempster; Gareth Furby

Keywords

Legal procedure; Crime; Drink driving; Policing practice; AIDS; Journalists; Arrests; Needles; Blood testing; Nigel Dempster; Blood specimen collection

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