DRINK-driver Dean Martin turned his car on to its side when he drove out on a Saturday afternoon to buy petrol. Police found his Astra car on its side, almost in the dyke, prosecutor Paul Brown told Ely magistrates. Martin gave a breath test reading mor
DRINK-driver Dean Martin turned his car on to its side when he drove out on a Saturday afternoon to buy petrol.
"Police found his Astra car on its side, almost in the dyke," prosecutor Paul Brown told Ely magistrates.
Martin gave a breath test reading more than double the legal limit; it was 83 mcgs of alcohol in 100 mls of breath, when the legal limit is 35 mcgs.
Pleading guilty to drink-driving, Martin told Ely magistrates: "It was my own stupidity."
He was banned from driving for 20 months; fined �260, and must pay another �100 in costs and surcharge.
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