Thatcham motorist Kevin Massey drank more than three times alcohol limit

A motorist was caught behind the wheel after drinking more than three times the legal limit.

Kevin Massey appeared in the dock at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Monday, April 24.

The 51-year-old, whose address was given as The Wheatsheaf in Chapel Street, Thatcham, had pleaded not guilty to driving a motor vehicle on Artillery Road, Thatcham, on March 5 last year after drinking more than the legal limit.

But he did not turn up for his trial and the case was found proved in his absence.

Tests showed 106mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath in his system.

The legal limit is 35mcg.

Magistrates ordered pre-sentence reports.

They stipulated these should be prepared on an ‘all options’ basis, including custody.

Massey was meanwhile made subject to an interim driving ban.