Drove after drinks on fishing trip

Gary Stanfield, Charles Baron Gardens, Lurgan, was banned from driving for 12 months last Thursday at Banbridge Magistrates Court.

He was also fined £150 and ordered to pay a £15 offender’s levy for driving with excess alcohol on July 5 this year.

The court heard that he was stopped at a checkpoint at Dunbarton Street in Gilford and there was a smell of alcohol on his breath. An evidential test gave a reading of 52.

A solicitor representing the defendant said he had been away fishing and had taken a few drinks on the way home.

Stanfield was deemed suitable for the drink driving course which if he completes would reduce his ban to nine months.