Young Co Tyrone cattle farmer caught drink-driving loses licence for a year
A young cattle farmer detected drink driving near his home, has lost his licence for 12 months.
Twenty-year-old Harry Wilson from Drumgrannon Road, Moy, was also fined £250 with a £15 offender's levy for driving while having consumed excess alcohol in breath.
Dungannon Magistrates Court was told on Friday that police were on mobile patrol at 1.15am on October 26 in the vicinity of Drumgrannon Road when they observed a car turning in.
Prosecuting counsel said officers spoke to the defendant and noticed a smell of intoxicating liquor from him, and he failed a roadside breath test.
Counsel said he was taken to Dungannon custody where he provided a breath specimen, which showed an alcohol reading of 62 mcgs per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 mcgs.
A defence lawyer said the defendant worked on his grandfather’s farm with 120 cattle and the loss of his licence will have a “wider impact” and that is a matter of great regret to him.