A HEREFORDSHIRE Audi driver has been banned from the roads after he was caught out drink-driving.

Anthony Norman Sparrow entered a guilty plea to one count of driving a vehicle while above the alcohol limit when he appeared before magistrates in Merthyr Tydfil in March after entering a not guilty plea at an earlier hearing.

The court heard from the prosecutor that the 37-year-old had been caught out behind the wheel of a silver Audi A6 on the B4954 at Newchurch, Painscastle, while over the drink-drive limit on December 7.

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An evidential breath test revealed that he had 64 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes.

Sparrow, of Shelwick, Herefordshire, was fined £945 for the offence and disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 20 months.

He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £300 and a £378 victim surcharge.


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