A DRINK-DRIVER caught on a Hereford road while over the limit has been banned from the roads for more than three years.

Joseph Lund pleaded guilty to one count of driving a motor vehicle while over the alcohol limit when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford last month.

The court heard from prosecuting solicitor Z Saeed that the 23-year-old was caught out in Hereford’s Union Street after getting behind the wheel of a Seat Ibiza while over the drink-driving limit on April 24.

An evidential breath test revealed he had 73 micrograms (mg) of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 mg.

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Lund, of Caenbrook Meadow, Presteigne, was fined £501 and disqualified from driving for 40 months for the offence.

He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

He had been represented in court by defence solicitor Matthew Lewis.