Draperstown drink driver who travelled at speeds of more than 100mph along a country road is handed three-year ban
A drink driver said by police to have been doing speeds of more than 100mph along a country road, has lost his licence for three years.
Sean McGlone, aged 31, from Glenelly Villas in Draperstown, was fined a total of £415 for driving with excess alcohol and speeding.
Imposing the penalties, District Judge Conor Heaney told McGlone that, from the facts of the case, he was fortunate not to be facing a more serious charge.
Magherafelt Magistrates Court was told that at 1.25 am on December 6 last, police were on mobile patrol on the Ballinderry Road.
Counsel prosecuting said officers observed a car moving over both sides of the road and driving in the centre of the road.
The lawyer said the vehicle travelled through a 30mph zone at 70mph and cut across a roundabout without checking for other vehicles.
He said it continued into Springhill Road at speeds of over 100mph before coming to a stop at Station Road in Moneymore.
Counsel said the defendant had a 17-year-old youth as a passenger in the vehicle.
He added that he later provided an evidential specimen which showed an alcohol reading of 61 mcgs per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 mcgs.
A defence lawyer said McGlone fully accepted that he was in the wrong.
He explained that the defendant had been drinking and was called out to collect and bring home his brother.
The lawyer pointed out police charged him with speeding and not “something more serious”.
Judge Heaney remarked that McGlone was convicted of a similar matter in August 2016.