Drink driver caught twice in five years after travelling with no headlights on

A drink driver was caught twice in five years after police noticed him travelling with no headlights on.

Dad-of-two Cain Priest had already been pulled over whereas drunk behind the wheel in Scotland in 2015 when he made the choice to do it once more.

The 33-year-old had been celebrating taking on his father’s enterprise when he drove residence from his dad’s home in the early hours of the morning on December 20.

But, Priest didn’t put on his headlights and he quickly got here to the eye of cops, who stopped him in his Peugeot on Front Street, in Seaton Burn.

He failed a roadside breath check and later gave a studying of 61 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath when the authorized restrict is simply 35.

Priest, of Havannah Drive, in Wideopen, has now been banned for the roads for 3 years after he pleaded responsible to driving with extra alcohol at North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court.

Grace Taylor, prosecuting, stated: “Officers’ consideration was drawn to the defendant’s car because it was driving with no headlights on.

“They indicated for him to drag over, which he did.

“When talking to him, it turned apparent he was intoxicated and failed a roadside breath check.”

The court docket heard that Priest claimed he’d been at his father’s celebrating taking on his enterprise and had fallen asleep on the couch at round 10pm.

Sunny Thandi, defending, added: “He wakened at 4.30am to quite a few missed calls from his spouse. The relationship was going by a tough patch, so he spontaneously determined to get in his car to drive residence.

“He thought he was OK to drive however clearly not.”

Fining Priest £300 and ordering him to pay £85 prices and a £34 sufferer surcharge, District Judge Paul Currer stated: “This offence is all the time severe as you went to drive the automobile and also you have been incapable of controlling it due to the quantity of alcohol you consumed.”