A DRINK-driver has been banned from the roads after he was caught out while over the limit.
Paul Wontner entered a guilty plea to one count of driving while over the alcohol limit when he appeared before magistrates in Telford in June.
The court heard from prosecutor Jo Fox that the 60-year-old had been caught out on the B4368 Corvedale Road in Diddlebury, Shropshire, after getting behind the wheel of a Skoda Octavia while over the limit on June 1.
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An evidential breath test revealed that he had 74 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes.
Wontner, of The Barracks, Westhope, Craven Arms, was fined £138 and disqualified from driving for 17 months, with magistrates saying they had taken his guilty plea into account when imposing the penalty.
He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £135 and a £55 victim surcharge, which is used to help fund services supporting victims of crime.
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