Motorist who refused to give breath sample after being caught driving BMW on M54 in Telford ordered to stay off the booze
A motorist has been ordered to stay off the booze after he refused to give police a breath sample when stopped on the M54 in a BMW he took without the owner’s permission.
Nathan Clark, aged 41, was caught in a BMW 4 Series on the county’s only motorway between the Castle Farm interchange in Telford and Shifnal on July 6 this year.
Clark, of Addison Road, Wellington, Telford, pleaded guilty at Telford Magistrates Court to failing to provide a specimen to police, driving while disqualified, taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent and driving with no insurance.
Magistrates handed Clark a four-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, and banned him from driving for three years.
Clark was also ordered to undertake a 12-month alcohol abstinence programme, do 80 hours of unpaid work and 20 rehabilitation activity days, as well as pay £85 in prosecution costs.
