A dad-of-two seen driving erratically during the night was behind the wheel while more than four times the drink-drive limit.
Not only was Lewis Macdonald over the limit but he also didn’t have a valid licence or insurance.
Fiscal depute Lewis Devoy told Aberdeen Sheriff Court that at just after midnight on February 20 this year Macdonald caught the attention of police on patrol in the Westburn Road area of the city.
Concerned at ‘erratic’ driving
“They followed the vehicle from Westburn Road as it approached the roundabout and exited onto Hilton Street,” the fiscal said.
“At this point officers were concerned at the erratic fashion of the driving and had cause to stop the vehicle.”
The 26-year-old gave a breathalyser reading of 91mg, the legal limit being 22.
Representing himself in court, Macdonald apologised for drink-driving and driving without insurance or a licence.
‘I shouldn’t be doing stuff like this’
“It was a big mistake,” he said. “I shouldn’t have done it and I have learnt from it.
“I have got children and I shouldn’t be doing stuff like this.”
He added that he was currently on sick leave from work and was keen to assure the court he would “never take the kids in the car … ever”.
Sheriff Robert Vaughan told him he had to take into account the “high reading” but also his pleading guilty at the earliest opportunity.
He fined Macdonald, of Formartine Road, Aberdeen, £640 and banned disqualified him from holding a licence for 16 months.
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