p2pnet - rss feed: Nickelback Chad Kroeger booze charge
p2pnet news | Music:- Speaking of courts going soft on celebrity abusers, a Canadian judge has ruled a case against Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, stopped for speeding in his $176,000 Lamborghini near Vancouver, BC, 2006, can go ahead.
Kroeger, real name Chad Turton, had a blood-alcohol level allegedly nearly twice the legal limit, says the Canadian Press.
His lawyer tried to argue the Mountie who nailed him had conducted an unlawful search when he told Kroeger/Turton to blow into his face after detecting the smell of alcohol,
The RCMP officer waited too long before taking the first breath sample 15 minutes after stopping Kroeger and that the second sample, taken almost two hours later at the Surrey RCMP detachment, was also taken too late, says the attorney in the story.
"But Justice Peder Gulbransen disagreed, saying both samples were taken within a reasonable time and that the second sample took longer because Kroeger was upset over how his vehicle would be towed away," says CP.
When Kroeger was stopped, "an officer noted he had red, glossy eyes and a red, flushed face," says the CanWest News Service.
"He allegedly handed over his credit card when the officer asked for his driver’s licence."
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Also See:
celebrity abusers - British courts soft on celebrity drug users, March 5, 2008
Canadian Press - B.C. judge rules Nickelback frontman’s breath samples obtained legally, March 3, 2008
CanWest News Service - Nickelback frontman’s breathalyzer test ruled admissible
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