A 49-year-old man has been fined and banned from the roads for a year for refusing to provide a sample of breath for analysis.

Appearing in Magistrates’ Court this morning, Aaron Burrows, from Pembroke, pleaded guilty to the offence that happened in Pembroke on July 1.

The court heard that police attended a single-vehicle crash near the junction of Parliament Street and Church Street at about 3.55am.

A bike was laying in the middle of the road and Burrows was sitting on the side, being tended to by Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service personnel.

Burrows, however, refused to co-operate with police and did not want further medical attention.

Officers could smell alcohol on his breath but he also repeatedly refused to give a sample for analysis.

Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo fined him $800 and disqualified him from driving all vehicles for 12 months.

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