Tammy Davis. Photo / Greg Bowker
Wow. Tammy Davis is a munter.
The Outrageous Fortune star tried to get out of a police alcohol breath test earlier this year by telling the officer that he wouldn't be blowing in any bag as he knew a copper who'd told him to drop his name if he, Tammy,
ever got into any difficulty and that would be the end of the matter.
The astonished officer told Davis that wasn't going to happen and when Davis assured him it would be fine, because he played football with some coppers, the officer lost patience and got Davis to put his lips together and blow.
Davis was twice the legal limit and, this week, he was fined $1600, ordered to pay court costs of $130 and disqualified from driving for one year and one day.
What planet is Davis on if he thinks name-dropping is going to get him off a drink drive charge?
It hasn't worked for All Blacks, cabinet ministers or high ranking police officers - all higher up the totem pole than Tammy. Greg O'Connor said some time ago that the reason we don't see the same levels of corruption that plague our cousins across the ditch is because our police are, in the main, unable to be bought off.
We are all treated the same by the cops no matter who we are - or who we think we are. And long may that continue.
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