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General Election candidate charged with drink driving

Tue, 06 Sep 2016

A General Election candidate has appeared at Douglas Courthouse today after being charged with drink driving.

63-year-old Nigel Dobson is accused of driving whilst over the prescribed limit on Groudle Road on September 2nd.

No pleas were entered - a three week adjournment was granted and the Onchan man will next appear in court on September 29th.

Mr Dobson - who has declared for the constituency of Garff - will go up against four other candidates on September 22nd; they are Andrew Barton, Daphne Caine, Martyn Perkins and Andrew Smith.

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