On 9th May I was kicked out of the house by my ex partner at 3am and had consumed 2 glasses of red wine. I went to drive home and on a main road passed a police car who immediately put their brakes on, knowing I was likely to be pulled I took a turn into a back street, parked the car, threw the keys and hid in a nearby garden hoping to evade being caught. About 15 seconds later the police car pulled into the side street and parked up next to my car, I was found a few minutes later in the garden. The officer arrested me, took me to the station where I blew 55. I was released roughly 6 hours later without interview or speaking to a solicitor but was charged and given my bail sheet but no charge sheet.
I am waiting to go to the local magistrates court next month.
I was not caught whilst driving, did not at any point admit to driving the vehicle and no keys were retrieved by the police. There was only one officer in the vehicle and there is no video evidence of me driving / leaving the vehicle.
What is likely to happen? Is it likely that I am able to fight this or will I just have to plead guilty at the first opportunity to receive a more lenient ban / fine?
I have paid for a telephone consultation from a solicitor at a local legal company and they have basically said that the police officers word will be taken as evidence and it would be my word against theirs, so I would almost certainly be found guilty anyway.
Surely there needs to be concrete evidence to convict someone of a crime, in my eyes there is beyond reasonable doubt that I was driving the vehicle?