'Off the scale' drink driver shocked when told he could be jailed over Shrewsbury incident
A drink driver was shocked when a judge told him he might be sent to prison after he was found with nearly four times the alcohol limit in his system.
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Ben Ashley, of Pound Lane, Hanwood, near Shrewsbury, pleaded guilty to drink driving a Ford Fiesta on Deer Road, Shrewsbury, on August 31, 2024.
The prosecution told Telford Magistrates Court that Ashley had been seen sometimes driving "all over the road." Police stopped him at 8.10pm. He failed a roadside test and at the police station recorded a breath reading of 130 when the limit is 35.
The court was told that 39-year-old Ashley was of good character but was of emotional and abusive with officers.
