Drink-driver banned from the road for two years

A MOTORIST who was caught with “an extremely high” level of alcohol in his system has been banned from driving for two years.

Alan Stubbings (43), of Roxburgh Road, Wick, was also ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work in the community within three months.

At Wick Sheriff Court on Friday, he admitted driving a car on Thurso Road, Wick, on March 2 while more than four times the legal limit.

He had 157 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal level is 35 micrograms.

Sheriff Andrew Berry told Stubbings the reading is one of the highest he has come across.

Stubbings was employed as a full-time driver but lost his job as a result of the offence.

For the full story see Wednesday’s Caithness Courier.

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