A Telford man claimed cough medicine was the reason he was over the drink-drive limit.<\/p>\n
Andrew Hutton John Mitchell, of Hill Road, Overdale, told Telford Magistrates Court he had drunk two cans of lager, but had also taken cough medicine for an illness. <\/p>\n
Mitchell, 38, was spotted by police on Oakworth Close in Hadley at 1am on January 20 when they saw the green Ford Focus he was driving veering across the road. <\/p>\n
He was found to have 62 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath the legal limit is 35. <\/p>\n
He admitted driving a motor vehicle while over the legal alcohol limit. <\/p>\n
Mrs Kate Price, prosecuting, told the court yesterday Mitchell was immediately pulled over by officers and was unsteady on his feet and his speech was slurred. <\/p>\n
She said: He told officers I know I will be over, Ive had a stressful night. <\/p>\n
Mitchell, who represented himself in court, said: I know what I did was wrong, I only had two cans but I was poorly so I had been drinking cough medicine. <\/p>\n
Mitchell was disqualified from driving for 36 months, fined 200 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of 85 as well as a victim surcharge of 20. <\/p>\n
He said: Sorry is all I can say. <\/p>\n
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