Son of Solicitor General Lesley Thomson convicted, banned on drink driving. ANDREW THOMSON (26), the son of Lesley Thomson, Scotland’s Solicitor General, has been convicted of criminal offences after pleading guilty to driving while under the influence of more than twice the legal limit of alcohol, when he smashed into the tent at a roadside on Islay. Mr Thomson also had no insurance.
Thomson, whose mother is Lesley Thomson, Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland’s deputy, admitted driving a car dangerously, without insurance and mounting a grass verge into the side of a marquee. He also pleaded guilty to driving with 83 microgrammes of alcohol in his breath - the limit is 35mcg - near Port Ellen on June 7. Thomson, of Glasgow, was on Islay to take part in the Eat Sand rugby tournament with Melrose Rugby Club, but was arrested the night before it began.
The 26-year-old son of Solicitor General Lesley Thomson was fined £1100 and given an 18-month driving ban at Oban Sheriff Court and Sheriff Douglas Small told him: “You were clearly a danger to yourself and others around you.”
Daily Record:
LAW CHIEF’S BOOZE RAP SON IS BANNED
Daily Record Date 25/07/2013
THE son of one of Scotland’s top law officials has been banned from the roads after driving into a marquee at an island rugby bash.
Andrew Thomson was more than twice the legal limit and had no insurance when he smashed into the tent at a roadside on Islay.
The 26-year-old son of Solicitor General Lesley Thomson was fined £1100 and given an 18-month driving ban at Oban Sheriff Court yesterday. The part-time barman, of Govan, Glasgow, had travelled to Islay to take part in a tournament with Melrose Rugby Club in June but was arrested the night before it began.
Thomson admitted the driving offences and Sheriff Douglas Small told him: “You were clearly a danger to yourself and others around you.”
His mother was appointed Solicitor General, the country’s second highest prosecutor’s office, in 2011.
Daily Mail:
Son of Solicitor General banned for drink-driving
Daily Mail Date 25/07/2013
THE son of Scotland’s Solicitor General drove into a marquee while more than double the drink-driving limit.
Andrew Thomson was yesterday banned from driving for 18 months and fined after the incident on the Inner Hebridean island of Islay.
Thomson, whose mother is Lesley Thomson, Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland’s deputy, admitted driving a car dangerously, without insurance and mounting a grass verge into the side of a marquee.
He also pleaded guilty to driving with 83 microgrammes of alcohol in his breath - the limit is 35mcg - near Port Ellen on June 7. Thomson, of Glasgow, was on Islay to take part in the Eat Sand rugby tournament with Melrose Rugby Club, but was arrested the night before it began.
Procurator fiscal John Service told Oban Sheriff Court that Thomson, 26, was spotted driving north from Port Ellen on the A846 in a car which was not his. After going a short distance he turned and headed back to the town.
Mr Service said: ‘He started to lose control of the car, as a result of which it mounted the kerb then the grass verge. The car went towards a marquee which had been erected at the side of the road and the accused drove the car through the side edge of it, collided with a barrel and some tables which were at the side of the marquee.’ The front and rear offside tyres were damaged but Thomson drove the car to the White Hart Hotel in Port Ellen where he abandoned it.
Police arrested him at the hotel. He later told them: ‘I was only in charge of the car for 20 seconds. This was stupidity.’ Defence agent Brian Fitzpatrick said Thomson’s decision to drive was ‘impulsive and spontaneous’ and the car was owned by someone involved with the marquee.
Mr Fitzpatrick added: ‘He has compensated the person whose car it was. The driving was very brief and he has already had some consequence from this piece of stupidity.’ Sheriff Douglas Small said: ‘I can’t ignore the fact that you were over two times the limit. You were clearly a danger to yourself and others around you.’ Thomson, who works part-time in a bar, was fined £1,100.
Before her appointment as Solicitor General for Scotland, Mrs Thomson was the Area Procurator Fiscal for Glasgow and Strathkelvin.
She has 25 years’ experience as a prosecutor, having been a district and an area procurator fiscal in Selkirk, Edinburgh and the Lothians.
Asked about the case last night, a Crown Office spokesman said: ‘Andrew Thomson pled guilty to contraventions of sections 2, 5 and 143 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 today at Oban Sheriff Court.
‘The sheriff imposed a £1,100 fine, an 18-month driving ban with the requirement to re-sit his driving test, and his licence was endorsed with six penalty points.’
The earlier report of the arrest:
Sunday Mail:
Son of Scotland's Solicitor General arrested following car crash at an island rugby tournament
16 Jun 2013 08:36
ANDREW Thomson, 26, whose mother is the Solicitor General Lesley Thomson, faces motoring charges after a car drove into a marquee on Islay.
THE son of Scotland's Solicitor General Lesley Thomson has been arrested following a car crash at a beach rugby tournament.
No one was hurt when the car careered into a marquee on the Hebridean island of Islay.
Andrew Thomson, 26, a former Glasgow University student, was held in police cells overnight but left the island the following day. He is thought to have taken the car before driving off and faces a number of motoring charges.
Thomson, a keen amateur player, had been due to take part in Islay's Eat Sand rugby contest last week but was arrested before taking part.
He had travelled to the event with Melrose Rugby Club where his mother -now No2 at the Crown Office -was a committee member.
John Reed, club president, said last night: I am aware there was an incident and that people from Melrose weren't happy about it."
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "We can confirm a 26-year-old man was arrested in connection with alleged road traffic offences. A report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal.・
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