A man who admitted drink driving told police that he had been at a bar all day, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday.

Carlton Darrell, 70, pleaded guilty to drink driving.

He further admitted driving without a valid licence.

The court heard that Darrell was stopped at a roadside breath test checkpoint on Crow Lane, Pembroke, last Friday.

He told police: “I was in Spinning Wheel all day.”

Darrell, from Warwick, was arrested and taken to Hamilton Police Station for a breath test.

The test showed that Darrell had 135.8 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80mg/100ml.

Police also discovered Darrell’s driver’s licence had expired.

Magistrate Craig Attridge banned Darrell from driving for 18 months.

He also fined him $1,200 and ordered him to pay by January 17.

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