A Sydney law firm principal whose Porsche became airborne while he was drink-driving will serve a 12-month community corrections order for high-range drink-driving.
Ugur Nedim, the founder and principle of Sydney Criminal Lawyers – who claim to be Australia’s Leading Criminal Defence & Traffic Law Firm – was pulled over by police as he drove his luxury car down Oxford Street on the night of October 7. Police in a marked car watched as the car “first turned into the oncoming traffic lane and hit the small concrete diving strip, causing the vehicle to become momentarily airborne and sparks to fly out of the underside of the vehicle as [it] entered the correct lane,” according to court documents seen byUpon returning a breath test of 0.163, Nedim insisted that the breathalyser must be broken and his result was not accurate because he was not allowed to drink water when he was arrested.
“The accused declined the services of a medical practitioner for the purpose of taking a blood sample,” said the documents. Nedim’s firm came under fire in 2017 for posting Facebook memes about drink-driving, including a photo of disabled parking space captioned: “Every 48 seconds, a drunk driver makes another person eligible to park here.”“There’s no funny side to drink-driving. It’s irresponsible and selfish criminal behaviour that endangers lives. Any law firm that glorifies or makes light of drink-driving should change its advertising strategy,” said a statement at the time.
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