Co Tyrone lorry driver who fell asleep in driver's seat of camper van handed penalty points
A man who was found asleep in the driver's seat of a Transit van parked in Ann Street carpark, Dungannon, was handed ten penalty points at the local Magistrates Court on Friday.
Lorry driver Zilvinis Valavicks, aged 56, whose address was given as Lisnashee Park, Coalisland, was also fined £75 with a £15 offender's levy for being in charge with excess alcohol in breath.
The court heard at 10.10 pm on December 30 last, police on patrol in Dungannon spoke to the defendant.
Prosecuting counsel said he had a strong smell of intoxicating liquor from his breath and provided a preliminary specimen which showed a fail.
He was arrested at 10.15 pm and taken into custody where he provided a breath specimen showing an alcohol reading of 75 mcgs per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 mcgs.
A defence lawyer explained the vehicle is a camper van and the defendant had intended to go to the back of the vehicle to sleep.