Driving ban for Fife drink driver who was more than six times over the limit

A forfeiture order for the vehicle he had been driving was also granted.

Davidson, 52, of Muirfield Street, Kirkcaldy admitted that on June 22 this year at the Co-op, Ralston Drive, Kirkcaldy and elsewhere, he drove a car after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion in his breath was 135 microgrammes. The legal limit is 22.

The Procurator Fiscal Depute told the court: “At 18.30 hours on the day in question the witness observed the accused staggering towards the car park outside the Co-op in Kirkcaldy.

"The witness approached the accused who was clearly intoxicated and asked him if he was going to drive the car and he replied that he was going to drive home. He was very drunk so the witness contacted the police.”

She said officers traced the accused and a roadside breath test was carried out which showed him to be over the legal limit. The accused indicated he had been driving throughout the day.

His defence agent told the court his client called the police to inform them he had been accused of drink driving and that if officers were looking for him, he would be at home.

He said his client has been seeking help from Fife Alcohol and Support Services and that he was a man who needed support in addressing his issues.

He said his client had no difficulties with a restriction of liberty order.

Sheriff McKay told Davidson: “Your level of intoxication while driving put not only you but others at risk. The passer-by tried to stop you from driving and was right to intervene.

"You are lucky that your and no one else was hurt as you were not fit to drive.”

She placed him under supervision for 12 months, placed him on a restriction of liberty order for two months – requiring him to be in his home address from 7pm to 7am seven days a week - and disqualified Davidson from driving for 40 months. She also granted forfeiture of the car he drove.