‘We are truly sorry’: Premier’s husband caught drink driving on way to supermarket in random breath test

A tearful Premier Jacinta Allan has said she is deeply embarrassed after her husband, Yorick Piper, was stripped of his driver’s licence for drink driving during a morning trip to the supermarket.

Crying, the premier told reporters on Friday her husband, a former union official and political adviser, was intercepted for a random breath test in Bendigo on his way to buy some groceries. He had been involved in a minor collision at an intersection shortly before the test.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan and husband, Yorick Piper, at the NGV Gala in 2023.Credit: Matt Jelonek/Getty Images for NGV

“Yesterday morning, just before 9am, my husband, Yorick, was driving to the supermarket in Bendigo to pick up some groceries when he was pulled over for a random breath test,” Allan said.

Physically, he’s okay as a result of yesterday, but yes, we’re embarrassed and shocked and most truly sorry for what has occurred here.

Premier Jacinta Allan

“As a result of this test, he blew 0.05. He has, as a result, has received an on the spot fine and lost his licence for three months.”

Victorian Premier Jacinta AllanCredit: Nine News

When asked if her husband suspected he might be over the limit, she replied that he was “incredibly shocked” at the result of the breath test, as he had been going about his routine household duties, buying some groceries, unaware he was over the legal alcohol limit.

“We’re embarrassed and shocked and most truly sorry for what has occurred here, because drink driving and road trauma are incredibly, incredibly serious,” she said.

“Physically, he’s okay as a result of yesterday, but yes, we’re embarrassed and shocked and most truly sorry for what has occurred here, because drink driving and road trauma are incredibly, incredibly serious.