West Reading man sentenced for drink-drive offences
James Davies from Tilehurst failed to co-operate with Police and has been banned from driving for two and a half years
A man from west Reading has been sentenced for driving offences in Burghfield.
James Davies, aged 47, of Coniston Drive, Reading, was sentenced to a Community Order, will have to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work, was ordered to pay costs of £889, and was disqualified from driving for two years and six months.
Following a one day trial at Reading Magistrates’ Court, magistrates found Davies guilty of one count of failure to cooperate with a preliminary test and one count of failure to provide specimen for analysis.
Officers were called to a report of an abandoned vehicle that had been left in the middle of the road on Berrys Lane at about 6pm on 10 September last year.
It appeared that the vehicle had been in single vehicle road traffic collision.
After a search of the area, the suspected driver of the vehicle, Davies, was located.
Davies refused to provide a road side breath test and was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.
Later at Loddon Valley police station, Davies again failed to provide an evidential sample and was therefore charged with the offences.
Pleased
Investigating officer, PC James Houghton said:
“I am pleased that James Davies was found guilty of the offences and given a significant community order sentence, fined, and has been banned from driving for two and a half years.
“Drink and drug driving are one of the fatal four, which are the main cause of deaths on our roads, the others being excessive speed, using a mobile phone while driving, and not wearing a seatbelt.
“Alcohol effects everyone differently, so please do not drink and drive. If you have a drink on a night out, or even at home, do not consider driving a car. It’s not worth the risk.”