Russian Orthodox cleric’s road ban

SCOTLAND’S only Russian Orthodox chaplain has been caught drink-driving while more than triple the alcohol limit.

Ukrainian Oleksandr Menshykov, pictured, was stopped in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, on April 9. The 42-year-old Aberdeen University lecturer, of Inverurie, pleaded guilty at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Wednesday to driving with 74 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 22 microgrammes.

Banning him for a year, Sheriff Margaret Hodge told him: ‘Losing your licence will impact on your pastoral duties.’