A Pembroke man was fined more than $3,000 after he admitted a host of traffic offences.

Appearing in Magistrates’ Court this morning, Alexander Raynor, of Pembroke, pleaded guilty to failing to give a breath sample for analysis on January 7.

The 28-year-old also admitted driving while disqualified, without insurance and using an unlicensed motorcycle on the same date.

The court heard that Raynor was riding west on Middle Road when he crashed near the junction with Granaway Heights Road.

Police officers attended and found him sitting on a wall, having refused assitance from the emergency medical technicians.

They noticed that he appeared to be intoxicated and when asked if he’d been drinking, Raynor said: “Yeah, I had a couple but I was not the driver. He just picked me up.”

Raynor, however, was unable to account for the driver. He refused to give a sample for analysis and when taken to Hamilton Police Station, complained of pain.

He was treated at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, where he again refused to give a sample of breath.

Later checks determined that the cycle was uninsured and unlicensed, and that Raynor was disqualified from driving.

In court today, Raynor said he was “extremely remorseful” and that there was “no just reason” why he was riding.

Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo handed him an $800 fine and banned him from the roads for a year for refusing to give a breath sample.

He also fined Raynor $250 for the unlicensed cycle and $1,000 for not having insurance, as well as handing him a $1,000 fine and a two-year disqualification for driving while disqualified.

Mr Tokunbo added that the two-year period of disqualification was to run concurrently to the twelve-month disqualification but consecutively to his current time off the roads.

In a separate matter, Derek Dechabert, of Pembroke, was fined $1,200 and banned from driving for 18 months after he admitted driving while over the legal blood-alcohol limit.

The 35-year-old was stopped by police near the junction with Front Street and Parliament Street on September 10 last year after officers noticed his car radio blaring.

While speaking to Dechabert, they observed that he appeared to be intoxicated and when asked if he’d been drinking, he said: “Yes, tequila and elephants.”

After the Alco-analyser machines failed to work at Hamilton Police Station failed to work he agreed to give a blood sample.

The results showed he had 240 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood — three times the legal limit of 80mg.

In court, Dechabert apologised for his “bad decisions”.

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