Magistrates hand down lengthy driving ban and order offender to pay hundreds of pounds

A motorist who failed to give a breath sample to police has been fined and banned from driving.

Daniel Melnyk, aged 46, was asked by officers to provide a sample in Shrewsbury on October 25 this year, but failed to do so.

Melnyk, of Chockley’s Meadow, Leegomery, Telford, pleaded guilty at Telford Magistrates Court to failing to provide a specimen for analysis.

Magistrates banned Melnyk from driving for 18 months and fined him £230.

Melnyk was also ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a £92 victim surcharge, bringing his total legal bill to £407.

Fine and ban for motorist, 46, who failed to give breath sample in Shrewsbury