One of DP's colleagues confided in him today that he was recently caught drink driving. It hasn't come to court yet but he is expecting a years ban at the very least. Quite rightly so.
He occasionally needs to travel with work and has up to now used hire cars, which is the norm where they work. Non drivers use the train. Whilst he is fairly confident that he can come up with some excuse as to why he now wants to use the train for business journeys he is worried that there is some way that his employers will be able to find out about his conviction, when it occurs, as it would be considered to be misconduct and could result in disciplinary action. He could lose his job.
Neither I or DP have the first idea about this but I thought that someone here might. I can remember that years ago our local paper used to publish a list every day of verdicts at the magistrates court (yes, really!) but this no longer happens. Is there any way that his employers would be informed of his conviction by the court or is there some sort of information source that they could consult? Convictionsareus.com for example.
I wouldn't normally go to so much trouble as to ask about something like this but this chap was so lovely when DS was ill and helped us in so many ways that I do actually feel sorry for him even though by his own admission he's been a right dickhead.