A DRINK-DRIVER has been sentenced after he was nearly twice over the limit on a Herefordshire A-road. 

Robert Greene, of Kings Meadow, Wigmore, pleaded guilty to being in charge of a motor vehicle when above the legal drink drive limit when he appeared at Hereford Magistrates Court on Wednesday (August 30). 

Mark Hambling, prosecuting at the court, said Greene was driving a Mercedes on the A4110 in Aymestry on July 11.

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An evidential sample test showed that he had 66 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millitres of breath. The legal limit is 35mg.

The 56-year-old, who was represented by Marilena Di Vitantonio, was disqualifed from driving for six months and fined £80. 

He was also told to pay court costs of £135 and a victim surcharge of £32 respectively.