Blackpool: From the courts 05-09-17

Jack Foster, 20, driving with excess alcohol

A man was twice over the alcohol limit when he crashed his car into a kerb in Thornton Cleveleys at breakfast time.

Jack Foster, aged 20, of Green Drive, Thornton Cleveleys, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol.

He was disqualified from driving for 18 months and fined £260 with £85 costs plus £30 victims’ surcharge by Blackpool magistrates.

Prosecutor, Martine Connah, said on July 30 at 7.50am police were called to Foster’s Ford Fiesta which was abandoned on Victoria Road West where it had hit a kerb on the run up to a roundabout.

Minutes later Foster walked up saying the AA were on their way and that his phone had no charge so he had gone to a coffee shop to call them.

A breath test showed 70 micrograms of alcohol in his body – 35 is the limit .

Suzanne Mugford, defending, said her client had no previous convictions and hoped to join the RAF.

The night before Foster had been out and drunk about six pints having his last drink around 12.30am.

He slept at a friend’s home and when he decided to drive the following morning had no idea he was over the limit.

Here is Monday’s round-up of cases at Blackpool Magistrates Court 04-09-17

Nikki Carroll, 27, drunk and disorderly

A drunken care worker frightened elderly people when she tried to get into an address.

Nikki Carroll, aged 27, of Grosvenor Street, Preston, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly.

She was given a six months conditional discharge and ordered to pay £85 costs with £20 victims’ surcharge by Blackpool magistrates.

Prosecutor, Martine Connah, said on August 5 police were called to an address in Blackpool’s Carshalton Street. Carroll was shouting and swearing and trying to get into the address, frightening and intimidating some elderly people inside.