A St George’s man was banned from the road after he admitted driving while impaired on two different occasions.

Darren Pitt, 47, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to two counts of driving while impaired — one related to an incident in May and the second was in August.

The court heard that Pitt had already been convicted of similar offences twice.

Prosecutors said that at about 6.10pm on May 5, police received a report of a suspected impaired driver on Verdmont Road in Smith’s who had fallen off his vehicle.

When they arrived on the scene, they found Pitt sat slumped on a wall near a motorcycle and noticed his eyes were glazed and his voice was slurred.

Pitt admitted that he had been drinking at the East End Mini Yacht Club and was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired.

The second incident happened at about 2.25pm on August 15 when police on mobile patrol on Watlington Road East came across Pitt picking up his motorcycle in the middle of the road.

The officers noticed that the man appeared to have fresh cuts and abrasions and appeared to be unsteady on his feet as members of the public tried to help him.

Pitt got back onto the vehicle to leave the area when the officers spoke to him and asked him for his driving licence.

The defendant said he was “not going to give it” and the police noticed he smelled of alcohol.

After pleading guilty, Pitt told senior magistrate Maxanne Anderson that alcohol was having an affect on his life and so she referred the matter to the DUI Treatment Court programme.

She also ordered a drug assessment and banned Pitt from driving all vehicles until a further court order.

Pitt was previously convicted of two counts of refusing to provide police with a breath sample in 2018 and banned from the road for three years.

• It is The Royal Gazette’s policy not to allow comments on stories regarding court cases. As we are legally liable for any libellous or defamatory comments made on our website, this move is for our protection as well as that of our readers