HGV driver challenges drink drive charge in Worksop

An HGV driver who was caught over the limit in Worksop told magistrates that he disputed the findings of a breath test.
Mansfield Magistrates Court.Mansfield Magistrates Court.
Mansfield Magistrates Court.

Jarlath Thomas Rogers, 36, of Cranmore Place, Sligo, Ireland, pleaded not guilty to driving while over the alcohol limit when he appeared at Mansfield Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.

Police stopped him on June 20, on High Hoe Road, in Worksop.

The court heard that a breath test revealed he had 44 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, when the legal limit is 35 microgrammes.

A trial date was set for September 28.