Ballymena motorist more than three times drink drive limit veered onto other side of road
A 62-year-old motorist who veered across a road after being more than three times the drink drive limit has admitted careless driving and driving with excess alcohol in breath.
James Bain, of Ballyloughan Heights in Ballymena, also resisted a police officer.
The defendant had originally been charged with dangerous driving but prosecutors accepted a plea to careless driving.
Ballymena Magistrates Court was told the defendant, who had no record, had been driving erratically at Grove Road in Ballymena around 4pm on December 20. The car veered onto the other side of the road.
A member of he public followed the defendant to an address. When police arrived the defendant smelt of intoxicating liquor.
He did not provide a preliminary breath test and lashed out when handcuffs were applied.
At a police station he had an alcohol in breath reading of 113 - the legal limit is 35.
He received an interim driving ban and the case was adjourned to February 12 for a pre-sentence report.