Drink driver 4 times over the legal limit escapes with 80-hour unpaid work requirement.

This driver, represented by Millicent Dooher at his sentencing hearing before the Magistrates’ Court, pleaded guilty to an offence of driving whilst unfit through drink. The breath reading being almost 4 times the legal limit. Millicent was able to convince the Court to deal with the matter in one hearing, rather than create further expense to the client. The Magistrates accepted the mitigation and imposed a low-level community order. A disqualification was imposed of 22 months, but the Court also allowed the driver to undertake a drink drive rehabilitation course, reducing the disqualification by ¼.