A drink driver who told a judge he had been drinking because ‘it was a Sunday’ has been slammed for offering what was described as ‘outrageous nonsense’ after being caught more than twice the legal limit behind the wheel.
Mark Condon, 49, of St Saviour’s Road in Totland, admitted drink driving when he appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court last week (Tuesday 24th June).
Lauren McConnell, prosecuting, told the court that at around 19:30 on 18th May, Police were told that a man was seen drinking and then driving off in his Citroen Dispatch van.
Officers located the vehicle down near Totland seafront. Condon was in the drivers seat with the keys in the ignition.
When questioned, Condon admitted to having had a ‘few cans of lager’ following an argument with his partner. A roadside breath test was conducted and a reading of 71 – more than double the legal limit – was returned.
Defending himself, Condon said that he didn’t want to make excuses for what he did. He added that he had a few drinks at home that day because ‘it was a Sunday’. When asked why that was relevant, Condon admitted that because he was a builder, Sunday was his ‘time off’.
Addressing Condon, District Judge Calloway labelled his remark as ‘outrageous nonsense’ before reminding the 49-year-old of the sometimes fatal consequences of drink driving.
Condon was handed an 18-month driving ban and fined £850. He was also ordered to pay costs of £85.
Sick of seeing these pisshead/snorters and screaming around boy racers on the road, while all the time they are victimizing older drivers. Some scum is roaring up and down Ryde Esplanade every evening screeching the tyres and pop banging exhaust, plod never there, but would stop me for having a light out
We need more police on our roads and
decent speed camera’s to catch the lawless
B’stards.
The Council should rollout islandwide parking
permit charges, the millions raised would pay for the
extra police required.
You are deluded if you reckon an islandwide parking permit would raise £millions. Even when they sold them for £50 it raised less than £200K
Who said anything about £50.00
£520.00 per annum
= only a tenner a week.
Bargain.
How would speed cameras help deter drink driving?
I am not sure a 49 year old qualifies as a “boy racer” but I agree, cars have become more source of entertainment to some than a means of transport. If more convictions resulted in the car being sent to the crusher I suspect a significant improvement would follow quite quickly.
I am not sure tat a 49 year old qualifies as a boy racer. I suspect that he effective answer to these people who use their cars for entertainment rather than transport is to crush the vehicles when they are convicted.
Disgraceful this is his second drink drive ban in the past 5 years why wasn’t that mentioned in court?
Typical Numpty builder, majority of them
rush to the pub after work everyday to have a
few.
Needs banging up.
49 years of age should know better.
Time to ban alcohol, then
It may have been mentined but not reported in the article
Your zpeling is atrous.
Brian little willy you couldn’t be further from the facts. I think you’re getting 5 years confused with time I’ve been letting your mum nosh me off