An early hours’ snack attack has cost a vodka-drinking Nissan worker his driving licence.
Kyle Haynes, 30, tried to cure his hunger pangs by heading in his motor to a McDonald’s outlet in South Shields.
But police saw his Nissan Juke clip a curb on the A194 Leam Lane on Saturday, October 9 – and they pulled him over, a court heard.
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A breath test showed Haynes, who had drunk booze and gone to bed but woken hungry, was three times the limit.
His solicitor told magistrates in South Tyneside Haynes' booze may have been spiked, but admitted there was no evidence to prove it.
Haynes, of Sea Winnings Way, South Shields, is starting a two-year driving ban after pleading guilty to drink-driving.
Prosecutor Becky Slade said: “The officer states that the car clipped a curb.
“The vehicle pulled into Hobson Way in South Shields and came to a stop outside a Premier Inn. The defendant smelled of alcohol.”
A roadside breath test showed 105mcg of alcohol in 100mls of breath. The legal limit is 35mcg.
The reading had fallen to 96mcg by the time of an evidential test at Sunderland’s Southwick police station.
Duncan Campbell, defending said: “It’s one of those odd situations where you try to make out what has happened.
“We’ve checked the timescale and he should have had a reading at the low end.
“He tells me that he had five vodkas earlier, and he went to bed.
“He woke in the early hours of the morning, it was many hours after his last drink.
“He’s woken up and felt hungry and decided to drive to McDonalds.
“It seems that at some point someone has interfered with his drink, but there’s no evidence to be called.”
Magistrates also fined Haynes £692 and he must pay £85 court costs and a £69 victim surcharge.
