Suspected Sheffield drink-driver banned from the road after failing to take breath test

Sheffield Magistrates' Court heard on August 20 how Carl Pearce, aged 45, of Beck Road, Shiregreen, Sheffield, was found by police in a car after there had been a collision with a parked vehicle.

Deputy District Judge Phillip Houlden said Pearce was being held in the vehicle by the public as police arrived and he refused to complete a roadside breath test and an intoxilyser test at the station.

Pearce pleaded guilty to failing to provide a breath specimen after the incident on April 17.

David Staniforth, defending, said Pearce claims someone else had been driving his car which struck a parked vehicle before pulling-up near his home where the driver got out and he was in the passenger seat.

Pearce was fined £200 and must pay £85 costs and a £32 victim surcharge. He was disqualified from driving for 24-months.