Drink driver’s second conviction ends bus driver hopes


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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Hide AdDefence 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.