Drinking and driving lands four in court
A MAN was fined £350, disqualified from driving for 16 months and ordered to pay £35 towards victim services and £85 costs.
Peter Brown, 25, of Rowan Drive, Kirkby-in-ashfield, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to drink-driving in a Vauxhall Zafira in Nottingham Road, Mansfield. The town’s magistrates’ court heard he had 65 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, over the limit of 35, on July 14.
■ A woman was banned from driving for four years after she was caught drink-driving in North Road, Retford.
Sophie Hakin, 44, of Holly Road, Retford, had 135 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, over the limit of 35, on July 14.
Magistrates gave her a 14-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. She was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £115 and costs of £85. ■ A man was banned from the roads for five years after he was drink-driving in Derby Road, in Eastwood.
Peter Thompson, 44, of Torkington Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport, had 46 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, over the limit of 35, on May 3.
Magistrates in Nottingham gave him a 24-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, after he pleaded guilty.
He was ordered to do 80 hours of unpaid work and pay £115 towards victim services and costs of £350.
■ A 51-year-old man was fined £120 and given a three-year driving ban.
Simon King, of Crouch Street, Colchester, was drink-driving in Winthorpe on April 6. Nottingham Magistrates’ Court heard he had 53 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, over the limit of 35. Orders were made for him to pay £30 towards victim services and costs of £200.
■ A 34-year-old man was drink-driving in Alderney Street,lenton.
Rajvinder Bhatti, of Abbey Road, West Bridgford, was caught on July 12.
A test showed he had 69 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, over the limit of 35.
At court, he pleaded guilty. Magistrates banned him from driving for three years, fined him £120 and ordered he pay a victim surcharge of £30 and costs of £85.