A DRIVER has been banned from the roads for 17 months after admitting a drink-driving offence before Hereford magistrates.

Archie Mountain, 20, of Bodenham, pleaded guilty to driving with a breath level of 84 micrograms (mg) of alcohol, the legal limit being 35, in Hereford on August 11.

Prosecuting solicitor Lauren Millichip said Mountain had been caught while driving a Volkswagen Caddy in Commercial Road in Hereford.

Mountain’s defence solicitor for the Hereford hearing last month was Abbey Washbourne of Kidwells.

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Magistrates banned him from the roads for 17 months with an obligatory driving disqualification preventing him from holding a licence. He was also fined a total of £143, with the addition of £85 prosecution costs and a £57 government-mandated victim surcharge.

His guilty plea was taken into account by magistrates when they imposed the sentence.

A collection order was made by the court for the fine, with Mountain ordered to pay the court bill off within a month.