Sutton drink driver: why wasn't I charged for speeding?
Thomas Chantry’s Seat Ibiza was stopped on Hermitage Lane, at 4am, on December 16.
A test revealed he had 43 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, when the legal limit is 35 microgrammes.
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Hide AdChantry, 22, of Mason Street, who had no previous convictions, admitted driving with excess alcohol when he appeared at Mansfield Magistrates Court, on Thursday.
“I don’t understand why I wasn’t charged for doing 45mph when the limit was 30mph,” he said to magistrates.
He was banned for 12 months, but was offered a drink drive rehab course which will reduce the length of his disqualification by a quarter if completed within a set time.
He was fined £240, and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £85 court costs.