Man thought he was okay to drive the morning after, court hears
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WHEN gardaí stopped a motorist driving at 7.50am on the morning of 5 May, they found the driver to be over the permissible drink-driving limit. Arising from the stop, Cameron Molly from Blackhall, Colbinstown, Dunlavin, Co Kildare pleaded guilty to drink-driving at Kylebeg, Stradbally, Co Laois when he appeared at a recent sitting of Portlaoise District Court.
The court heard that while gardaí were manning a mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoint, they stopped the defendant. When breath tested, he returned a reading of 67 microgrammes of alcohol per 100ml of breath.
Defending barrister Andrew Dunne said that his 30-year-old client had been at a family barbecue the night before, where a lot of alcohol had been consumed. He said he thought that he was okay to drive the next morning.
“It’s a particularly high reading,” said Judge Andrew Cody. “I don’t know how he thought that he was okay to drive.”
He went on to disqualify Mr Molly from driving for three years and fined him €2,000.
He also granted free legal aid and fixed recognisance in the event the defendant wished to appeal against his decision.
