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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Taxi driver was three times over legal limit |
Taxi driver was three times over legal limit February 25 2011 A taxi driver ploughed his cab into a tree after a Saturday night out with friends. Banks man Martin Dunphy was caught with 91 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath – almost three times over the limit. The 38-year-old said he could not remember a thing as he got into his cab and tried to drive home to Moss Lane following a 10-hour drinking binge. Pleading guilty at North Sefton Magistrates’ Court, Dunphy was barred from the roads for two years. James Burke, defending, said his client had no idea why he got into the car – an action which cost Dunphy his job. Just after 2am on January 29 officers were called to Water Lane and Preston New Road to a report of a car crash. They found Dunphy’s silver Vauxhall Astra smashed into a tree. Paramedics treated him at the scene and took him to Southport Hospital with head injuries. He said: “I can’t believe what I’ve done." “It is my livelihood." “All I remember is putting my socks over my shoes to get into that club.” Andrew Page, prosecuting, said Dunphy told police he was sorry. He had parked his car at his friend’s house with the intention of leaving it there and went out drinking at 4pm. The next thing he recalled was standing by the crashed car with the police. Dunphy then remembers being breathalysed. Mr Burke asked the court to give his client credit for his guilty plea. “It is a case where there has been an error in judgement,” he said. “He fully intended to go on a night out and have a few drinks and take a taxi home.” Dunphy had planned to get one of his colleagues to pick him up. “He can not think why he did not stick to his original plan,” said Mr Burke. “He is deeply remorseful.” Chairman of the Bench Ian Uzzell told Dunphy: “As you are aware this is a very high reading.” He fined him £150 and banned him for 24 months which will be reduced to 18 months if Dunphy completes a drink-driving rehabilitation course. Source; http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/south ... -28231768/ |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:03 pm ] |
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What a plonka!! Mind you, rumour has it that there's a load of red wine in Sefton, but much of it is spilt on dining tables at official dinners!! |
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