A top football scout was banned from driving and fined yesterday after boozing while furloughed from his duties.
Tommy O’Neill, 64, was four-and-a-half times the drink-driving limit when he set off from his home through residential streets in the middle of the afternoon to visit his local shop.
Police were alerted after another motorist noticed O’Neill’s silver Vauxhall Mokka “approaching very quickly from behind and appearing to sway”.
The incident happened at about 2pm on June 22, on New Hallglen Road, Falkirk, near the former midfielder’s home.
O’Neill pled guilty to drink-driving at Falkirk Sheriff Court. Sheriff James Macdonald fined O’Neill £1000, and banned him from driving for 12 months.
The sheriff agreed to O’Neill taking part in the drink-driver rehabilitiation scheme at the request of defence lawyer Willie McIntyre.
If successfully completed, it will cut his ban by 25 per cent.
