Driving ban and hefty fine handed out to drink driver

Giving a lift after drinking beer and vodka has landed a Douglas man a driving ban.

Leigh Kneen of Hilltop View appeared before magistrates at Douglas Courthouse.

The 20 year old admitted drink-driving his VW Golf on Shore Road in Gansey on July 23.

The court heard police were told Kneen was drink-driving shortly before 5am.

Officers found him in bed at home just over an hour later and tests showed he was one and a half times over the limit.

He admitted he’d had up to 8 drinks in different bars before going home – only to get behind the wheel later to drive a friend to Port St Mary.

Magistrates banned him from the roads for two years and fined him £1,350 as well as ordering him to pay £125.