An HGV driver has appeared in court after he was caught drink driving in his car – for which offence he was also immediately sacked from his job.
Boston Magistrates heard that police received reports of a Ford Mondeo swerving in the road at around 8.50pm on March 9.
After ordering the vehicle to pull over the 52-year-old defendant tested positive for alcohol in a roadside breath test with an evidential sample following his arrest finding him to have 93mcg alcohol per 100ml breath.
The legal limit for drink driving is 35mcg.
Mitigating, Phillipa Chatterton said that her client had been at a party the previous evening and had drunk into the early hours of the morning.
“He hadn’t driven during the day and then he was stopped at night having had two beers, which he told police about.
“This would explain the reading being 93 but he is honest in saying he didn’t appreciate how long alcohol can stay in the system,” she said.
“He is quite clearly devastated to be appearing before the court and attracting his first criminal conviction.
“Unfortunately, he’s an HGV driver by trade and as soon as he was stopped for this offence he lost his employment.”
After pleading guilty to drink driving at an earlier hearing, the man was banned from driving for two years and ordered to pay a £200 fine plus £165 in costs and charges. His ban may be reduced upon completion of the drink drivers’ rehabilitation course.
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