Drink driver’s second conviction ends bus driver hopes

Marcel Furtuna appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court (Pic: Scott Louden)placeholder image
Marcel Furtuna appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court (Pic: Scott Louden)
A Kirkcaldy man’s hopes of becoming a bus driver ended when he was caught behind the wheel over the limit.

It was Marcel Furtuna’s second drink-driving conviction but he claimed he was “surprised” at the reading.

Furtuna, 63, of Dallas Drive, appeared in the dock at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court with a translator. He admitted that on May 9 in Randolph Road, Kirkcaldy, he drove a car having consumed excess alcohol. His reading was 54 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the limit being 22 microgrammes.

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Defence solicitor Keir Sneddon said his client had been drinking the day before and was “surprised” that he was over the limit.

He has a previous conviction for drink driving, has lived in the UK for 15 years and is on benefits. The solicitor said Furtuna had been “going through the process of becoming a driver with Stagecoach.”

Sheriff Steven Borthwick banned Furtuna from driving for three years and fined him £270.

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