Driving ban for election candidate who drove drunk

An unsuccessful General Election candidate has been banned from the road for five years after being caught drink driving.

63-year-old Nigel Dobson – who was running in Garff – was one and a half times over the limit when he was stopped by police on Groudle Road on September 2^nd.

Officers had followed him from The Queen’s pub on Douglas Promenade after noting him driving away at 12.45am.

Dobson was stopped for a routine check but it was noted he smelt of intoxicants – he failed a roadside breath test and was arrested and taken to Police Headquarters.

At Douglas Courthouse today his advocate described his decision to drive as a ‘gross error of judgement’.

Magistrates told the Onchan man he ‘should have known better’ – they also fined him £1,000 and ordered him to retake an extended driving test and drink driving rehabilitation course.