WIRRAL magistrates accepted a defence plea to be sympathetic towards a drink driver.

They fined Robin Williams, 39, of Nurse Road, Thingwall, £100 and banned him from driving for a year.

He pleaded guilty with a test showing over one-and-a-half times the permitted alcohol level.

David Kirwan, defending, said there was no bad driving. Williams was stopped in a routine early-morning check. He told the court there were difficult background circumstances and handed references to the magistrates.

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