Ban for Portsmouth drink-driver who crashed, could 'hardly stand up' and put people 'at risk of death'
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Javed Hussein, 37, of Wadham Road, Hilsea, put people ‘at risk of death or serious injury' in a crash on July 12 in Portsmouth.
At Portsmouth Magistrates' Court he admitted careless driving in Goldsmith Avenue, failing to co-operate with a roadside breath test and failing to stop.
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Hide AdDistrict judge Gary Lucie convicted him of drink-driving at a trial.
A breath test revealed he 63 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The limit is 35.
Hussein admitted failing to provide a specimen of breath at a police station on June 10 last year.
Judge Lucie imposed an 18-week jail term suspended for a year with a three-year ban.
He must pay a £115 surcharge and £620 costs, and complete a drink-impaired drivers’ course and 15 days’ rehabilitation activities.
Hussein has stopped drinking and his father is unwell.