A marine tank cleaner has been jailed after being convicted of drink-driving – for the FOURTH time.
Gordon Webster was spotted staggering along Don Street clearly under the influence of alcohol before getting into a car and driving off.
A witness alerted police who quickly traced Webster parked up in the vehicle on Seaton Road.
A breath test then revealed he was more than three times the legal alcohol limit.
Fiscal depute Andrew McMann told Aberdeen Sheriff Court: “At 8.55pm on September 5, the accused was observed on Don Street to be unsteady on his feet and appearing to be under the influence of alcohol.
Phone contained messages ‘relating to the supply of cannabis’
“He was seen to get into a vehicle and drive off.”
Police were then contacted and officers traced Webster within the stationary car on Seaton Road where he failed a breath test and checks revealed he had no insurance.
Webster pled guilty to driving with 76 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 22 microgrammes.
He also admitted driving without insurance.
Webster, whose address was given as Seaton Avenue, Aberdeen, also pled guilty to a separate charge of being concerned in the supply of cannabis on various occasions between March 21 and April 12 2020.
‘You have a lengthy record of previous convictions’
Mr McMann said officers spotted a car which seemed “out of place” parked at the BT Exchange on Broadfold Road, Bridge of Don, on April 12 2020.
Webster then appeared and identified himself as being responsible for the vehicle.
Officers noted a “strong smell” of cannabis and searched him.
After not finding anything on him, officers also searched the car and found 6.5g of cannabis, worth £70-£80.
A tick-list, scales and £100 in cash was also found.
Messages on Webster’s phone “relating to the supply of cannabis” were also recovered.
Defence agent Neil McRobert said his client had been unemployed at the time of the offences and had been affected by bereavement.
‘There’s simply no alternative to the imposition of a custodial sentence’
He explained the father-of-two had been struggling financially, adding: “He was a user of cannabis and accepts during that period he did sell cannabis for financial gain and to fund his own habit.”
Mr McRobert added Webster had started a new job as a marine tank cleaner last week.
Sheriff Graham Buchanan told Webster: “You have a lengthy record of previous convictions.
“This is the fourth time you have appeared before the court to be sentenced in relation to a drink-driving charge.
“The quantity of alcohol in your body here was in excess of three times the legal limit.
“I have taken the view that, in light of your previous convictions, particularly for road traffic matters, there’s simply no alternative to the imposition of a custodial sentence.”
He jailed him for 10 months and banned him from driving for four years and 11 months.
As he left court handcuffed to a GEOAmey security guard, Webster attempted to cover his face with a jacket while an officer guided him to the prison van.
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