Wigan motorist gets four-year ban for second drink-driving offence

A motorist caught more than three times over the drink-drive limit has been given a suspended jail sentence and four-year road ban after a court heard it was his second such offence.
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Arturs Uzga, 36, of Scholefield Lane, Scholes, pleaded guilty when Wigan magistrates were told a reading of 114 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml was given when he was tested in his BMW on Platt Lane on September 20. The limit is

35.

The bench said: “This is your second such conviction in seven years, it was an extremely high reading and you put yourself and other road users at serious risk of injury or death for no reason whatsoever.”

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It imposed a 12-week prison sentence but suspended it for 12 months.

It also ordered he attend a drink-impaired drivers programme, complete 25 days’ rehab activities and pay £213 in costs and a victims surcharge.

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