Kirkby man banned for drink driving

A Kirkby man was worried about his poorly grandad and mum when he drove while over the limit, a court heard.
Mansfield Magistrates Court.Mansfield Magistrates Court.
Mansfield Magistrates Court.

Peter Brown was pulled over by police on Nottingham Road, at 4am, on July 14, after CCTV operators suspected he had been drinking.

A roadside test revealed he had 65 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, when the legal limit is 35 microgrammes.

Brown told the court: “I am really sorry for drink driving. Everybody who I have told has said I’m stupid.”

He said he had been a “bit down” because his grandad and mother had been ill.

Brown, 25, of Rowan Road, admitted drink driving at Mansfield Magistrates Court, on Wednesday.

He was fined £350, and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £35 government surcharge. He was banned from driving for 16 months.