Pro-hunting campaigner Otis Ferry has escaped a driving ban despite drinking at least seven shots of vodka during a student “trebles” evening.
The 24-year-old son of rock star Bryan Ferry was pulled over in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, shortly after leaving The Rock nightclub in the town on October 11, 2005.
Ferry of Eaton Mascot, near Shrewsbury, was found to have 55mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath.
The legal limit is 35mg per 100ml of breath. But during a special reasons hearing, Gloucester Magistrates’ Court heard that Ferry’s friends bought him treble vodka Red Bull drinks.
He believed he was drinking single shots.Ferry, the joint master of the South Shropshire Hunt, was fined £500 and ordered to pay £364 costs.
Ferry, wearing bright pink baseball pumps and a pin-striped suit, said after the hearing: “I don’t think I’ve got away with it. I’ve got to pay a huge fine.”
He initially denied being over the drink-drive limit, but changed his plea to guilty halfway through his trial at Stroud Magistrates Court last year.
The court heard Ferry’s friend Charles Bevan and other students at Cirencester Agricultural College persuaded him to spend the night in the club.
Passing sentence, chair of the magistrates Deirdre Waddell said: “Based on the evidence we find that Mr Ferry’s drink was laced.
“Mr Ferry requested a small drink and Mr Bevan admitted supplying him with two triple vodka Red Bulls.”
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