Police spotted car hit kerbs before stopping and 'virtually blocking' roundabout - Co Antrim driver was almost three times drink limit
Police saw a car hit a kerb at a roundabout before veering and hitting another kerb and then the vehicle came to a stop and was "virtually blocking" the road.
When they spoke to the driver in Antrim town he was over the limit.
Details were given to Antrim Magistrates' Court, sitting in Ballymena, where Kieran Kelly (38), a warehouse worker, of Dunamoy Drive in Antrim, pleaded guilty to a charge of driving with excess alcohol in breath.
It happened around 1am on July 4 this year and when taken to a police station his alcohol in breath reading was 100 - the legal limit is 35.
A defence barrister said the defendant had been at a bar and would usually leave his car and walk home but he had stayed longer than intended at the premises. He had "little recollection of the events," it was said.
The barrister said the defendant "inexplicably" decided to drive home and was "ashamed" of his behaviour and accepts his actions were "foolish and dangerous".
District Judge Nigel Broderick said it had been a "high reading" and banned the defendant from driving for 13 months along with a £300 fine.