Co Tyrone motorist found asleep in car by PSNI officers was found to be over the legal alcohol limit
A Co Tyrone man found asleep in a car in the village of Moy has lost his licence for 12 months at Dungannon Magistrates Court.
Nathan Drake, aged 29, from Blackwatertown Road, Dungannon, was also fined £150 and ordered to pay a £15 offender's levy for being charge of the vehicle with excess alcohol in breath.
Counsel prosecuting told the court that at approximately 11.30pm on January 11 last year, police on patrol in The Square area noticed a male sleeping in a car.
The lawyer said police located the keys of the vehicle and on speaking to the defendant noticed a smell of intoxicating liquor.
Drake failed a preliminary breath and was arrested and conveyed to Dungannon custody suite, where he provided an evidential specimen showing an alcohol reading of 66 mcgs per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 mcgs.
The defendant, who was not professionally represented, said he was sorry and that it wouldn’t happen again.