Pensioner banned and fined after being caught at twice the drink-drive limit
A drink-driver who was more than twice the limit while travelling on the main road into a town centre has been fined £500.
William Reid, aged 65, was driving on Pool Road, Newtown, when he was caught behind the wheel of a Ford Fiesta on July 17 this year.
A breathalyser test was carried out, and found Reid had 77 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, The legal limit is 35mcg.
Reid, of Felin Hafren, Abermule, Montgomery, Powys, pleaded guilty at Welshpool Magistrates Court to driving a motor vehicle when above the legal alcohol limit.
He was fined £500 and banned from the road for 20 months.
