Drink-driver caught on M1 motorway in Sheffield

Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard today, Thursday, March 12, how Harry Coe, 20, of Lonsdale, Hemel Hempstead, was seen by police who were concerned about the defendant’s driving on the M1 between Junction 30 and 31.

David Marshall, prosecuting, said police spoke to Coe after he stopped at Woodall Services and he failed a roadside drink-drive breath test after the incident on February 1.

Coe pleaded guilty to exceeding the drink-drive limit after he registered 41 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath when the legal limit is 35 microgrammes.

The defendant, who represented himself, passed a written statement about himself to the magistrates for them to consider before sentencing.

Magistrates fined Coe £166 and ordered him to pay a £32 victim surcharge and £85 costs.