News / Smith disqualified
A LERWICK man who drove his car for a short distance while twice the legal limit for alcohol was disqualified for four years at the town’s sheriff court on Thursday.
Matthew Smith, of 13 Grodians, was also placed on a supervision order for the next 17 months and told to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.
Sheriff Philip Mann said he had considered a custodial sentence after hearing Smith was already on a community payback order and that this was the 27 year old’s second drink driving conviction.
Smith admitted driving the car on Lerwick’s Harbour Street on 2 February. He also pled guilty to failing to provide a breath sample.
Smith can reduce the period of disqualification by a year by successfully completing a drink drivers’ rehabilitation course He was admonished for driving without insurance and failing to co-operate with police
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