A Huyton drunk driver was pulled over after police spotted him swerving around a McDonald’s drive-through, a court heard.
Daniel Roberts, 24, was banned from driving for 12 months after taking his girlfriend’s Peugeot 206 to the Liverpool Road McDonald’s in Huyton while she slept in the early hours of November 29.
Roberts, of Gemini Drive, pleaded guilty to drink driving, driving without a licence, driving without insurance and taking the car without consent at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court today.
Andrew Page, prosecuting, told the court: “Officers were in the McDonald’s drive through when they noticed the car in front, a Peugeot 206, swerving around. The driver also stopped too far away from the window making it impossible for him to talk to staff.
“He then proceeded to park across four parking lanes and officers went to speak to him.”
Mr Page said when Roberts stepped out of the car he was unsteady on his feet and smelled of alcohol.
He failed a road side breathalyser test and checks revealed he had no insurance to drive the vehicle.
Roberts admitted drinking and said he had taken his girlfriend’s car without her permission after a night out.
The court heard the defendant only had a provisional driving licence.
Roberts was taken to St Helen’s Custody Suite and tests revealed 48 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35mg.
Amy Butler, representing Roberts, said: “He had been on a night out and came back home where he and his girlfriend had an argument. He left the property in her car to defuse the situation, and his girlfriend is at the back of court today supporting him.”
The court heard Roberts, who works at Fedex in Warrington, had no previous convictions.
Magistrates fined him £585 and ordered him to pay prosecution costs of £85 and a £58.50 victim surcharge.
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