Banjaxed barrister to be banged up
WHAT A HEEL: British barrister Francis Bridgeman has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for perverting the course of justice by claiming he had been kidnapped to avoid being arrested for drink-driving, Legal Week reports:
Bridgeman crashed -- and abandoned -- his car in April 2010 while over the limit but told police he had been kidnapped by armed men and driven off at knifepoint with a bag over his head in another vehicle before being dumped in a wood.
His version of events could not be substantiated, with CCTV footage showing him walking drunkenly in London, while the presence of his DNA on the car's airbag showed he must have been driving the car when it crashed.
Bridgeman was also ordered to pay £4,200 ($6,539) in costs and is not allowed to get behind the wheel for 18 months.
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