Drink-driver three times over limit sentenced

A drink-driver who was more than three times over the limit has been sentenced to community service and probation.

44-year-old Matthew James Lamberton of Ramsey Road in Laxey was spotted behind the wheel of his Mercedes C280 weaving across the road in Laxey on April 16.

Police stopped him and he later gave a breathalyser reading of 123 - the legal limit is 35.

Lamberton was given 18 months probation and a 140-hour community service order as well as a five-year driving ban.

He was also ordered to pay £125 prosecution costs.