A 31-year-old man has appeared before Worcester Magistrates after police caught him drink driving – his second offence of a similar nature.
Prosecuting, Fatima Yasmin said that police received a report from the defendant’s ex-partner at around 10pm that he had taken her car without permission.
Officers tracked him down, and while he did not attempt to escape, officers had trouble trying to get him to stand still and engage with them.
While the intent was to arrest the man for driving without consent, they noticed the smell of alcohol on his breath and so also arrested him on suspicion of drink driving.
An evidential sample in custody found him to have 50mcg alcohol per 100ml breath. The legal limit for drink driving is 35mcg.
Ms Yasmin added that the charges of driving without consent were dropped after speaking to the vehicle’s owner.
Representing himself, the man pleaded guilty to drink driving and driving without insurance.
Chair of the bench Dr Carys Clarke banned the defendant from driving for 38 months, adding “If you drive whilst disqualified you could go to prison. Is that clear?”.
“Yes,” he replied.
The man also received six penalty points on his licence for driving without insurance.
He must also pay a fine of £415 plus £135 costs and a £166 victim surcharge. His ban may be reduced by 38 weeks upon completion of the drink driving awareness course.
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