Disabled man given a three-year ban for being drunk in charge of a mobility scooter
A DISABLED man has been banned from driving for three years after being caught drink driving — on his mobility scooter.
David Gorman admitted driving while almost three times the drink-drive limit on his electric scooter along a pavement in Pinhoe Road, Exeter.
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David Gorman admitted driving while almost three times the drink-drive limit on his electric scooter along a pavement in Pinhoe Road, Exeter.
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The ban means he now has to get around on a manual wheelchair. Exeter Magistrates Court heard police were called on Wednesday, June 9, at 4.30pm, by someone raising concerns about a man who had been drinking in the Whipton Village Road area of Whipton, close to the Red House Hotel. Officers went to the scene and found Gorman, 45, of Beacon Lane, Exeter, sat on his scooter on the pavement. As police pulled up he drove the scooter along Pinhoe Road, towards the city centre. Police officers called out for him to stop and he gave them his details. Prosecutor Ed Canning told the court: "The officers noticed that he smelt of liquor and his speech was slurred. "He had an open can of Special Brew on the floor of the scooter and told officers he had just drunk another can." The officers found another eight cans on him. He failed a breath test and was arrested. He gave a drink drive reading of 104mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath — the legal limit is 35mcg. Gorman appeared in court aided by a single crutch. |
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