A Fishguard motorist with a history of drink-driving offences has been banned once again after pleading guilty to getting behind the wheel of a vehicle after exceeding the prescribed limit of alcohol.
Fifty-nine-year-old Gary Phillip Baskerville, of Heol Glyndwr, appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court, on Tuesday, to plead guilty to a charge of driving a Renault Clio, after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in his breath was 67 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
Prosecutor Abul Hussain told the court that Mr. Baskerville was stopped in his vehicle by police officers on Heol Glyndwr, shortly before 8.30 pm, on Wednesday, May 16.
“Officers could smell intoxicants on the driver and believed that he was under the influence of alcohol. A roadside test proved positive and he was arrested and taken to the police station.
“Mr. Baskerville has a relevant previous conviction for drink driving going back to 2012, and another relevant drink-drive conviction in 2006,” added Mr. Hussain.
Representing himself in court, the defendant, who works as a bricklayer by trade, told magistrates that he had driven that night as he was required to cook for his disabled father on evenings and weekends.
When told of his impending driving ban by magistrates, who enquired if it would effect his work, Mr. Baskerville said: “I can take the bus.”
Magistrates disqualified the defendant from driving for 40 months and fined him £500 for the offence.
He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £85 and a £50 victim surcharge.