Bizarre motive Jacinta Allan claims husband was caught driving drunk within the MORNING
Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan claimed her husband was drinking at a pub until 8pm and was on medication the night before he was caught drink-driving in the morning.
Allan made a statement on Friday after learning the her husband, Yorick Piper, failed a roadside breath test in Bendigo on Thursday morning.
The premier claimed her husband had been on his way to a supermarket in Bendigo when he struck another vehicle.
Police tested Piper for alcohol and blew exactly 0.05 which cost him his licence for three months, with the suspension will commence on January 16.
Allan she was ‘shocked’ and ‘deeply sorry’ after her husband was caught and the incident ‘showed it was important not to get behind the wheel if there was any danger they were under the influence’.
‘On the evening before, on Wednesday evening we celebrated our son’s birthday with family at a local pub before we headed home around 8pm,’ Allan said on Friday morning.
‘My husband is also currently taking medication for a health issue and as a result of the medication mixing with the alcohol from the night before he simply should not have been driving the following morning.
‘He understands that [and] I understand that, and for this we are both truly sorry. We have made a donation today to the Amber community charity, a road safety organisation that invests in education around the trauma of road accidents.
Yorick Piper (pictured here with his wife Victorian premier Jacinta Allan) lost his licence for three months for drink-driving
Ms Allan said the incident ‘showed it was important not to get behind the wheel if there was any danger they were under the influence’
‘We made a donation of $1000 to this charity. Drink-driving is an incredibly serious issue and so is road trauma.
‘We recognise that and I am truly sorry. We are shocked deeply embarrassed as well, physically he is okay as a result of yesterday, but we are embarrassed and shocked and most truly sorry for what has occurred here because drink-driving [is] incredibly serious and there will be victims of road trauma hearing this today and reflecting on their own experience and for that I am really sorry.
‘It was a deep shock to him because clearly he was driving and going about the regular morning household duties heading off to the supermarket to pick up groceries.
‘He was incredibly shocked as was I when I received the news. That is still no excuse. There should have been greater vigilance and for that we are really sorry.’
Victoria Police have just launched their Roadwise campaign targeting drink driving ahead of the holiday season.
Jacinta Allan responds to her husband’s drink-driving charge
