Andy Powell Dropped From Wales Rugby Squad For Drunken Golf Buggy Arrest

8:02 pm February 25, 2010

Welsh international Rugby player Andy Powell has been arrested by South Wales police after being caught drink driving a Golf Buggy taken from the team hotel in which he was staying. The player was charged for “driving a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit through drink” under the road traffic act 1988.

Powell, a 28 year old back-row forward was arrested after reportedly on a drunken mission to find food as his hotel had not started serving breakfast. The Golf Buggy, with a top speed of 15mph, was taken from outside of the Vale of Glamorgan Hotel in which he was staying.

A spokesman for the Welsh rugby union has stated that Powell has been “suspended from the squad for behaviour contrary to the squad’s code of conduct”.

Athletes are known for evading driving offences but there is a very real grey area in the circumstances of this arrest as laws for ‘mechanically propelled vehicles’ is not clearly defined. Defence lawyers could argue that although Powell was drunk, there are no strict limits for consumption when operating anything other than a motor vehicle.

Driving lawyer to the stars, Nick Freeman a.k.a ‘Mr Loophole’ has commented on the vague boundaries surrounding the incident and how they could work in Powell’s favour.

Freeman stated that “this could lead to an anomaly where someone is driving a mechanically propelled vehicle, which is not a motor vehicle, whilst over the prescribed limit”.

If Powell can avoid prosecution for drink driving he may still face charges for theft as he did not own the golf buggy and there is no confirmation that he took it with any permission of the hotel. If the Hotel did have a part to play the fiasco could turn into a whole other ball game.

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