A welder who got behind the wheel while over the drink-drive limit had just bought the car hours earlier, a court has heard.
Robertas Stacevicius was stopped by police on an unrelated matter but was ordered by officers to do a roadside test after they smelled alcohol on his breath.
At Aberdeen Sheriff Court the 39-year-old pleaded guilty to one charge of driving while under the influence of alcohol and a second charge of driving without insurance.
Police smelled alcohol on accused’s breath
Fiscal depute Tom Proctor told the court that on May 28 last year police stopped Stacevicius’s vehicle as he was driving on Rosehill Drive in Aberdeen.
“While speaking to him police smelled alcohol on his breath,” the fiscal depute said.
“A roadside breath test was carried out and he gave a positive reading.”
Due to an issue with his breath specimen, Stacevicius gave a urine sample that showed him to have 90mg of alcohol in 100ml of urine. The legal limit is 67mg.
He was then cautioned and charged by officers.
‘He realises his use of alcohol has been problematic’
Defence agent Ian Woodward-Nutt told the court that at the time of the offence Stacevicius’s alcohol use was “problematic”.
He said: “On the day in question he had just purchased the vehicle and had been drinking earlier that day.
“He had had an argument with his wife that day and for reasons he cannot rationalise he decided to drive the car.
“He realises his use of alcohol has been problematic and has been free of alcohol since December last year.”
Sheriff Lesley Johnston told Stacevicius she was pleased to see the work he had done to combat his alcohol issues.
She fined Stacevicius, of Burnett Road, Kemnay, a total of £320 and disqualified him from driving for 12 months.
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