A security guard, collecting a colleague after a night shift in the City of London, was caught drink-driving after police stopped his Lexus in the early hours and hit with a three-year road ban.
Zimbabwe-born learner driver Nhamo Cecil Matowe, 41, of Belgrave Road, Ilford, Essex, clocked up his second such conviction while driving without L-plates and a qualified passenger.
Matowe pleaded guilty at City of London Magistrastes’ Court (pictured) to driving with excess alcohol on his breath in St. Boltoph Street on October 15. His reading was 44 microgrammes of alcohol – the legal limit is 35.
He also admitted driving otherwise than in accordance with his provisional licence.
The court heard Matowe failed a roadside breath-test when pulled over by officers at 5am. In April 2001 he was banned for two years after being caught driving while nearly double the limit.
“Without thinking I agreed to help when someone asked me to pick them up from working nights,” he told the JP’s. “I assumed I was not over the limit at the time.”
He was also fined £360, plus £90 costs.
1 comment:
Wow, I know this chap. He was an old roommate of mine from 1994-1995 in Greensboro, NC. I had lost track of him and been trying to find him off and on since then. Nhamo back then was a security guard in North Carolina as well. I had heard that he had moved to London and by remembering his middle name and age, that's him. Anyone know how to contact this chap?. It would be much appreciated,thanks,
Don
ricoborn7@aim.com
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