Evidence, Who Needs It?

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-g ... t-43907466

'Alcohol' pilots cleared after evidence blunder

Two pilots accused of planning to fly a passenger jet from Scotland to Canada while under the influence of alcohol have been cleared after key evidence was destroyed by prison staff.

Jean-Francois Perreault, 41, and Imran Zafar Syed, 39, were arrested in 2016, minutes before a flight from Glasgow to Toronto was due to take off.

Blood tests were said to have found them above the legal alcohol limit.

But the case collapsed when prison staff destroyed some of the samples.

The case was due to call at Paisley Sheriff Court on Thursday, but prosecutors decided to offer no evidence against the men and the hearing was cancelled.

The Canadian pair were due to fly an Air Transat plane with 250 passengers on board when they were arrested at Glasgow Airport on 18 July 2016.

They were taken to Helen Street Police Station in Glasgow, where they were interviewed and blood samples were taken.

The charge stated that Captain Perreault had 32 milligrams of alcohol in 100ml of blood, while First Officer Syed had 49 milligrams in 100ml of blood.

The blood alcohol limit for flying is set at 20 milligrams.

(continued, only slightly over - they'd have slept it off on auto-pilot so why worry?)

[Svartalf]

thiçs is what is called getting off on a technicality, but I prefer seeing 1000 rapist drug lords get off on a technicality than a single innocent in jail.

[pErvinalia]

The justice system requires evidence.

[Svartalf]

what it doesn't need is moron who destroy the evidence.