A HEREFORD drink-driver caught while more than three times the limit has been handed unpaid work after failing to turn up to court.

Vasile Gurin entered guilty pleas when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster.

The court heard the 35-year-old had been caught drink-driving behind the wheel of a Peugeot 206 on the A4103 in Herefordshire on November 7.

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An evidential breath test revealed he had 117 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than three times the legal limit of 35.

He further failed to surrender to bail at Hereford Magistrates Court on November 24, having been released on bail by police.

Gurin, of Whitecross Road, Hereford, was handed a 12-month community order with 100 hours of unpaid work, disqualified from driving for 28 months, and fined £50. He must also pay costs of £135 and a £95 victim surcharge.