Drink driver ‘very grateful' no one was hurt as a result of two-vehicle crash on M1 motorway, Lisburn court hears
A motorist had been disqualified from driving for 16 months following a collision on the M1.
Rhys Hughes, aged 26, whose address was given as Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn, represented himself when he appeared before Lisburn Magistrates Court charged with driving with excess alcohol in breath.
The court heard that on March 7, 2026 at 7.20pm, police received a report of a two-vehicle road traffic collision on the M1 at Blacks Road.
A breath test of the defendant gave a lower reading of 54 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath, the legal limit being 35 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath.
The defendant said: “I know I shouldn’t have done what I did. I was very grateful that no one was hurt.
"The military are punishing me quite hard. I have severely messed up.”
District Judge Rosie Watters disqualified the defendant from driving for 16 months, and imposed a fine of £250, as well as an offender’s levy of £15.