Three-time drink driver banned again after trying to drive off from Church Stretton petrol station in car missing a tyre
A three-time drink driver who was caught trying to drive off in a car which was missing a tyre while more than twice the limit has been banned from the road.
Jaswinder Singh, aged 60, was seen driving a Ford Focus at the Apple Green service station off the A49 in Church Stretton on April 24 last year.
Shrewsbury Crown Court was told how Singh parked and went into a nearby garage at around 10am to ask about getting a new tyre.
A worker suspected he had been drinking and told Singh not to drive. However, his plea was ignored and Singh attempted to drive away. The police were called, Singh tested positive for alcohol at the roadside and he was arrested.
Back at the police station he was breathalysed twice more, with the lowest reading being 96 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal alcohol limit for drivers in England and Wales is 35mcg.
