A Ch­agua­nas man has suf­fered a sec­ond le­gal set­back in his chal­lenge against a mag­is­trate’s de­ci­sion to ad­journ his drunk dri­ving tri­al de­spite de­lays in pros­e­cu­tion.

In a rul­ing de­liv­ered late last week, ap­pel­late judges Nolan Bereaux, Mark Mo­hammed and Maria Wil­son dis­missed an ap­peal brought by Ste­fan Hearn, up­hold­ing an ear­li­er High Court de­ci­sion which re­ject­ed his claim.

Hearn was charged with dri­ving over the le­gal al­co­hol lim­it on Ju­ly 24, 2020. He plead­ed not guilty and was grant­ed bail.