(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-11-13 16:04

Searle testified that the amount allegedly consumed by Paul would have increased his risk of accident 10-fold.

That meant, he said, that Paul's risk of having an accident while driving 2.5 miles was the same as that of a sober driver traveling 25 miles.

"There is a risk, but it's a small risk, it still remains a one in many thousands chance of having an accident," Searle said Monday.

"The accident rate is increased ... by a very significant amount, but that does not mean that it must necessarily have a bearing upon what has happened and why," Searle said.

"There are other factors also that counterbalance that one."

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