Long road ban and unpaid work for Shrewsbury drink driver, 37, who was more than double the limit in a Skoda
A drink driver who was more than twice the limit while driving a Skoda in Shrewsbury has been banned from the road.
Andrew Flann, aged 37, drove a Skoda Fabia on Mount Pleasant Road, Harlescott on November 11 this year.
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A breath test found that Flann had 72 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit in England and Wales is 35mcg.
Flann, of Yeaton, Baschurch, near Shrewsbury, pleaded guilty at Telford Magistrates Court to driving with alcohol above the legal specified limit.
Magistrates banned Flann from driving for three years and four months, and ordered him to do 60 hours of unpaid work as part of a 12-month community order.
Flann was also ordered to pay £199 to the court, made up of £85 in prosecution costs and a £114 victim surcharge.