File photo dated 3/12/2014 of a police officer holding a breathalyser. As many as 19% of motorists have driven the morning after a night of heavy drinking - even when they thought they might have been over the legal limit, according to a survey. PRESS ASS
A MAGISTRATE branded a drink-driver 'a prat'.
Conor Jardine pleaded guilty at South Cumbria Magistrates' court on Wednesday.
The 21-year-old provided a breath sample which had 78mcg of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35mcg.
Jardine, of Castle Street, Kendal, was driving a Ford Ranger when he was stopped by police in Milnthorpe on July 18.
Magistrate Charles Crewdson said: "You know you've been a prat."
Jardine was banned for 18 months, fined £230 and told to pay £85 costs and a £32 surcharge.
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