A taxi driver has been handed a suspended prison sentence after admitting he was drunk whilst driving his cab.
Taxi driver, Peter Cole picked up his fare at around 5.30pm but his passenger became suspicious that he may have been drinking. After much protestation, Cole finally stopped his taxi and when the passenger called the police it was reported that he made threats to kill him.
The police attended soon after the call and arrested Cole. At the police station he was breathalysed and gave a reading of 177 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit for drink driving in England and Wales is 25 micrograms.
Investigating officer, PC Pete Talbot stated: “Cole’s breath alcohol reading was the highest I have come across in nine years of working as a roads policing officer.
“The seriousness of Cole’s actions was compounded by the fact that he was working in a position of trust as a taxi driver at the time of the offence and he had a passenger in his vehicle. He put his own, his passenger’s and the lives of other road users in danger as a result.”
Cole appeared at Stevenage Magistrates Court and admitted both drink driving and a public order offence. He was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison, suspended for 2 years. He was also disqualified from driving for 36 months.
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