A DRINK-DRIVER has been handed a hefty fine after he was caught in Herefordshire while almost three times the limit.

Andrew Nunn entered a guilty plea when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford.

The court heard the 40-year-old had been caught behind the wheel of a brown Volkswagen Passat on the Roman Road in Hereford while over the drink-drive limit on June 12.

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An evidential breath test revealed he had 92 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.

Nunn, of Picasso Rise, Stoke-on-Trent, was fined £1,019 and disqualified from driving for 24 months. He must also pay costs of £135 and a £102 victim surcharge.