Co Tyrone delivery driver who was unable to get taxi home loses his licence for 16 months
A delivery driver who failed to provide a specimen to police after he was stopped in the early hours of the morning at Moy, has lost his licence for 16 months.
Thirty-eight-year-old Fernandes Jhonny Tonon, from Dunlea Park in Dungannon, was also fined £250 with a £15 offender's levy for failing to provide a specimen while driving with excess alcohol.
Dungannon Magistrates Court was told on Friday that on January 17 at 2.05 am police were on mobile patrol at Dungannon Street behind the defendant who was driving an Audi car.
Prosecuting counsel said the car slowed down pulled over but continued to move and police activated blue lights and it stopped.
The lawyer said police detected a strong smell of intoxicating liquor, and he provided a roadside test showing an alcohol reading of 72 mcgs, per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 mcgs.
He was arrested at 2.12 am and later refused to provide an evidential specimen of breath when required by the police.
Admitting the offence defence solicitor Jarlath Faloon said the defendant is a Brazilian national and a father-of-two.
Mr Faloon explained he worked as a delivery driver and will lose his job as a result this incident.
The solicitor said Tonon had been out for the evening and had been unable to get a taxi home.
He added that the defendant had intended to leave the car overnight in Moy.
Mr Faloon pleaded with the court to deal with Tonon as leniently as possible.