Sofia District Prosecutor's Office protested the pretrial detention imposed on a 41-year-old man who drove after consuming alcohol.
On 12.11.2024 at around 00:20, the accused D.A. was driving a car, brand “Subaru”, on “Nikola Mushanov“ in the city of Sofia with a concentration of alcohol in his blood above 0.5 per thousand, namely - 1.49 per thousand, established with the “Dreger 7510“ test. The accused gave a sample for examination at a hospital, which showed that D.A. was driving with 1.68 percent of alcohol in the blood.
The act was committed again after D.A. was convicted of an identical crime in 2022 and was on probation at the time of the present offense. In the case, pre-trial proceedings are being conducted for Art. 343b, para. 2, para. 1 of the Criminal Code, which provides for the punishment of “imprisonment” from 1 to 5 years. By decree of supervising prosecutor D.A. was detained for up to 72 hours, and his car was seized.
Yesterday, 14.11.2024, the supervising prosecutor submitted a request to the Sofia District Court to determine a measure of “retention in custody”. A panel of the court imposed the measure of “house arrest” on the accused.
Today, 15.11.2024, a prosecutor at the Sofia District Prosecutor's Office sent a protest to the Sofia City Court against the D.A. remand “house arrest“ and demanded that he be placed in custody, the SRP press center reported.