Suspended jail term for north Antrim motorist caught drink driving for third time
A north Antrim motorist caught drink driving for a third time has received a suspended jail term.
The 41-year-old had his latest offence detected on September 22 this year.
Police saw an Audi "swerving across" the M2 motorway at "central dividing lanes almost colliding with nearside trees".
When police spoke to the defendant outside Ballymena he had an alcohol in breath reading of 68 - the legal limit is 35.
A defence solicitor told Ballymena Magistrates Court on Thursday (November 5) that the defendant, Christopher Daniel Booth, from the Ballymoney area, was "very apologetic".
The solicitor said that the defendant had engaged positively with Probation and they had identified him as a "low risk of re-offending".
District Judge Nigel Broderick said that it was the defendant's third drink drive conviction and handed down a four months prison term, suspended for 18 months, and banned him from driving for 18 months.