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Telford drink driver jailed and handed five-year road ban

A drink driver who was caught more than three times the limit near his home has been jailed.

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Christopher Delo, aged 32, was driving a Volkswagen Tiguan in Wantage, Woodside, Telford, on January 29 this year.

A breath test found he had 129 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - more than three times the legal limit of 35mcg.

Delo, of Wantage, Woodside, Telford, pleaded guilty at Kidderminster Magistrates Court to driving a motor vehicle while above the alcohol limit, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance.

Magistrates jailed him for 16 weeks and disqualified him from driving for more than five years.

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