Road ban for driver nearly three times drink drive limit

A man was staggering and slurring his words when police attended a road traffic incident.
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Jack Williams’ vehicle had blown a tyre at the seafront roundabout on Victoria Road West, Cleveleys. in the earlyhours of the morning .

Blackpool Magistrates heard that officers found a beer can in the driver's footwell when they searched the car.

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Twenty six-year-old Williams, of Turnberry Avenue, Thornton, admitted drink driving, when he appeared before magistrates in Blackpool.

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Blackpool Magistrates Court

He was just under being three times over the legal limit when he provided a specimen of breath to police.

His lawyer Trevor Colebourne said: “He had been drinking earlier in the day and thought he slept it off when he he got a call from a girl asking for a lift. He had another pint when he picked her up."

Williams was banned from driving for 25 months. He must do ten rehabilitation days and 80 hours unpaid work.