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High Court, in a drink driving prosecution, overturns a decision of the District Court to admit the statement as evidence, on the grounds that a statement produced by an Evidenzer apparatus, which was manually amended by a Garda before being signed by the defendant, was not "duly completed" as required by law.
Road Traffic Act 2010 - Evidenzer apparatus - alcohol concentration - statutory presumption of compliance - s.13 statement - manual amendment - Garda Síochána - District Court - High Court - due process - evidential status - admissibility of evidence - procedural compliance - DPP v Freeman - DPP v Barnes - s.20 of the 2010 Act - Regulation 4 of Statutory Instrument No. 398 of 2015 - judicial review - Supreme Court of Ireland.
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