A dad-of-two who drinks alcohol every day has been banned from the roads after being caught drink-driving.
Stephen Henshaw, of Station Road, West Hallam, near Ilkeston, was stopped by police in March and was found to have 106 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of his breath.
The legal limit is 35.
The 51-year-old kitchen fitter appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court, which was told he had been driving since he was 17 and had never been in the law before. The court also heard he had been working in his profession for the last 35 years.
Magistrates, who presided over the case, decided to ban Henshaw from driving and handed him a community order, reports Derbyshire Live.
Stopped by police
Peter Bettany, prosecuting, outlined the case to the court.
He said: "On March 31, at 2.15pm, the defendant walked past a police officer at a petrol station, in Ilkeston.
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"The officer saw him go to a parked car in Swan Lake, High Lane East, West Hallam and they waited for him to drive off.
"He was stopped by officers and gave a reading of 106 at the station."
Regrets his actions
Pardeep Kalyan, mitigating, said Henshaw had been working in the same profession for more than 30 years and asked the magistrates to take his mitigation into consideration.
He said: "In terms of his personal circumstances, he is single and has been so for the past four years following a divorce.
"He has two children aged 27 and 24. His daughter is at the back of court today.
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"He does drink everyday. He drinks in a safe zone when he gets home.
"He is taking steps to do something about that and is seeking help on his own and has no previous convictions.
"He regrets his actions and hopes he never has to experience it again."
How was he punished?
Henshaw pleaded guilty to one charge of driving a motor vehicle above the legal limit.
Magistrates said they gave him credit for his early guilty plea and handed him a 12 month community order, which included 120 hours of unpaid work.
He was then banned from driving for two years, but was offered a drink-driving course which would take 26 weeks of his disqualification if completed.
Henshaw also had to pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £85, taking his total to pay to £170.
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