Wigan motorist was double drink drive limit

A motorist who was well over double the drink-drive limit has been banned from the road for 23 months.
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Wigan and Leigh court

Oliver Knowles, 21, of Gidlow Lane, Gidlow, stood before Wigan justices to plead guilty to having given a reading of 95 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of blood. The legal limit is 35.

He can reduce his ban to 23 weeks if he completes a state-sanctioned course for drink-drivers.

He must also carry out 40 hours of unpaid work and fork out £180 to the court and victim services.