Driving whilst unfit incident detected when motorist crashed near Antrim Police Station on Boxing Day
A man was driving whilst unfit near Antrim Police Station on Boxing Day.
Stephen Nicholl (42), of Caulside Park in Antrim town, also failed to provide a specimen on December 26 last year.
The case, at Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena, was told that at 11pm police were returning to the station when they saw a collision in a nearby car park.
The defendant had been driving very slowly when his vehicle collided with a parked van.
Officers approached the defendant and there was a smell of intoxicating liquor and he was slow to react and respond when spoken to.
He failed a preliminary breath test but when taken to custody he failed to provide an evidential sample. He had a "relevant" entry on his record.
A defence barrister said he defendant had "upped his medication" at the time of the Boxing Day incident. The defendant was "deeply ashamed" of the offences.
The defendant has now been banned from driving for three years and was fined £300.