Got out of driver's seat of car but told police he wasn't driving
Christopher Potts, Pine View, Gilford, was also fined £300 and ordered to pay a £15 offender’s levy.
The case had been listed as a contest but a barrister representing Potts said he would be pleading guilty.
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Hide AdA public prosecutor said that police received a report of suspected drink driving in the Scarva Road area of Banbridge on August 20 last year.
They saw the defendant’s vehicle turning into the Oak Grove housing estate and Potts got out of the driver’s side. When he was approached by police he told them he had not been the driver. A key he had fitted the car. An evidential breath test gave a reading of 63.
The barrister said the defendant had only driven a short distance from a friend’s house although his record would be of some concern.