Told police he wasn't the driver - after he got out of driver's side

Christopher Potts, Pine View, Gilford, was also fined £300.

The case had been listed as a contest but a barrister representing Potts said he would be pleading guilty.

A public prosecutor said that police received a report of suspected drink driving in the Scarva Road area of Banbridge on August 20 last year.

They saw the defendant’s vehicle turning into the Oak Grove housing estate and Potts got out of the driver’s side.

He told police he had not been the driver. A key he had fitted the car. An evidential breath test gave a reading of 63.

The barrister said the defendant had only driven a short distance from a friend’s house.