Lowestoft: Drink-driver is banned

A HOLIDAY park worker was nearly three times the legal drink-drive limit when he was stopped by police, a court has heard.Piotr Cech, 31, was stopped in Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, during the early hours of March 29 after police said his car was being driven 'erratically', said Tess James, prosecuting.

A HOLIDAY park worker was nearly three times the legal drink-drive limit when he was stopped by police, a court has heard.

Piotr Cech, 31, was stopped in Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, during the early hours of March 29 after police said his car was being driven 'erratically', said Tess James, prosecuting.

Cech, who lives on site at the Gunton Hall Holiday Village, in Gunton Avenue, Lowestoft, gave a breathalyser reading of 101mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35mcg.

He pleaded guilty when he appeared at Lowestoft Magistrates' Court on Tuesday and was banned from driving for two years. He was also fined �165 and ordered to pay �75 costs.