Given the amount of shit the average A&E doctor would see
and consider that they'll have had safeguarding training, I think it unlikely they'd be unable to tell the difference between someone who has had the shit kicked out of them to an emergency visit level, and someone who has had an epileptic fit.
( CowJam, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 23:55, 1 reply)

Seizures are difficult to diagnose though.
It's not a simple procedure like taking an x-ray. It's possible to have one out of the blue, with no previous history. This does happen to people from time to time and they do lose their licences.

Besides which, the 'kicking' injuries could have been acquired in plenty of plausible ways. The police could say that he already had them, or that someone he was with did them.

Arse-covering might also come into it. He MIGHT have had such a seizure, even if the evidence suggests otherwise, and the issue will come up again after any accident he may have in future.

Any doctor who disregarded the police officers' advice about it might have to defend themselves in court. Far easier to accept the police story from the start.

Of course, someone who makes a living from driving can't really afford to get publicly drunk because of the trouble they can get into.
Having his licence suspended is probably the safest thing all round.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Thu 3 Jun 2010, 0:22, closed)