Man who admitted drink-driving banned from the roads

A man who admitted drink-driving after a works leaving do has been banned from the roads.

Dr Nikhil Sharma appeared before Deputy High Bailiff Rachael Braidwood at Douglas Courthouse.

The 45 year old admitted drink-driving a Mercedes E-class on the Old Castletown Road in the early hours of July 22.

Prosecutor Rebecca Cubbon told the hearing a member of the public alerted police about Sharma's driving, saying he was in the middle of the road and driving very slowly around bends.

Officers stopped him and he failed a breath test after telling them he'd had just one pint at a colleague's leaving party.

At police headquarters, he turned out to be one and a half times over the legal alcohol limit.

He was fined £1,200, ordered to pay £125 costs and banned from driving for two years.