Bus driver caught drunk

A bus driver from Bognor Regis has been disqualified from driving after being caught almost three times over the drink drive limit.
By The Newsroom
Published 8th Jun 2009, 16:47 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 17:47 BST

Mark Strachan appeared at Chichester Magistrates' Court on Monday.

The court heard how Strachan, 44, had planned to go to the cinema with friends but when they cancelled he decided to go for a drink and ended up at a nightclub where he consumed alcohol.

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After leaving the club he drove his car a short distance before stopping.

Police had been following him and arrested him after he gave a positive breath test.

Strachan, of Highcroft Avenue, pleaded guilty to drink driving.

He had been employed as a bus driver since March 2008 and previously had worked as a welfare driver for the British Army in Germany.

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Magistrates gave him a 24-month driving ban and a curfew order banning him from leaving his house between 8pm to 8am for three months.

He was also ordered to pay 43 costs.

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