Re: Charged (Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003) alcohol consumption within 100m of offlice
ok the original poster is in the clear now, but to continue the thread anyway...
consider CCTV
>The Guards would also have to show you bought the drink in the off licence mentioned you could keep quite, not admit it, and require them to 'prove' it... how will they do this? Only a receipt or the licensee appearing in court
the guards could get internal CCTV video of you paying at the counter proving that you "purchased" it in that offlicence
>And there is also the issue of the 100m, how was it measured???
an external CCTV still showing the accused standing on spot X, with a bottle to his lips showing the action of "consume", plus a still taken by a garda photographer later of a measuring tape showing spot X to be within 100m of the offlicence
and don't think the offlicence owner wouldn't release his CCTV videos because doing so would make him look bad, he will be releasing CCTV constantly to the guards for various matters; shoplifting, credit card fraud, people passing on street who are suspected of bad activities elsewhere