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Thatcham man Trevor Dye avoids alcohol-related driving ban




A MAN caught in charge of a car after drinking more than the legal limit has avoided a roads ban.

Without a ‘special reasons’ mitigation, a ban of a minimum 12 months is obligatory in cases of drink-driving.

Reading Magistrates Courts
Reading Magistrates Courts

But courts have discretion in cases where a person is convicted of being in charge of a car after drinking.

And they exercised it in the case of Trevor Dye, who appeared in the dock at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Monday, September 30.

The 31-year-old, of Chapel Street, Thatcham, had denied being in charge of a BMW M3 on Bartholomew Street, Newbury, after drinking more than the legal limit on November 23 last year.

But he was convicted following a trial.

Tests showed 79mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath in his system – more than twice the legal limit of 35mcg.

Dye was fined £1,152 and penalty points were placed on his licence.

In addition, he was ordered to pay £775 costs, plus a statutory victim services surcharge of £461.

However, the court did not impose a driving ban, stating that, if disqualified, Dye would lose his job.



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