Drink-driver four times over limit

A drink-driver was almost four times over the limit when he lost control of his car on a roundabout in Dunfermline.

Piotr Cisela demolished metal railings, continued over a pavement and through bushes then down an embankment into the car park of a furniture store.

Cisela, 33, of Gorrie Street, Dunfermline, was stopped by police as he walked away from the scene of the crime.

Cisela represented himself when he appeared in the dock at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

He admitted that on November 8 in Kingseat Road, Halbeath, he drove a car after consuming excess alcohol.

His reading was 193 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, the legal limit being 50 microgrammes.

Depute fiscal Dev Kapadia said shortly after midnight the accused’s car was seen going through the railings through a bush and down a banking into the car park of Thomson’s World of Furniture.

Witnesses saw his vehicle had significant damage to its front.

They then saw Cisela coming out of his car and walking off.

Police were contacted and when officers arrived they saw Cisela walking away from the scene and stopped him.

He identified himself as the driver and he was arrested after failing a roadside breath test.

Cisela said: “It’s the worstever judgment in my life and I would like to apologise for that.”

Cisela said he would lose his job in Perth if he lost his licence but was told a ban was mandatory for drink-driving.

Sheriff Alastair Brown fined Cisela £300 and banned him from driving for 16 months.