A Neyland man caught driving his car drunk in the early hours of the morning has been banned from getting behind the wheel of a vehicle for two years.

Twenty-two-year-old Gareth John Heath, of High Street, pleaded guilty to driving his Renault Clio with 109 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, when he appeared at Haverfordwest magistrates court on Tuesday.

Prosecutor Sian Vaughan told the court that it was shortly before 1 am, on September 11, when police officers saw Mr. Heath travelling towards them in his car in Neyland.

“His front offside lights were off and it sounded like he had a flat tyre. The car was all over the road and Mr. Heath was struggling to maintain a straight line and moving onto the opposite carriageway at points.

“Officers stopped him and it was clear that he was intoxicated,” explained Ms Vaughan.

Defence solicitor Kate Williams told the court that her client, a merchant seaman, had just broken up with his long term partner who is the mother of his child, and decided that after being out with friends drinking, he wanted to drive to see her.

“He said he’d been extremely foolish and he is very ashamed of his actions,” she told magistrates.

Magistrates fined Mr. Heath £500 for the offence and disqualified him from driving for 24 months.

He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £85 and a £50 victim surcharge.