A high-earning computer programmer was caught drink-driving by police after failing to compute the amount of alcohol he was consuming during a night out with friends, a court heard.
Lewis Percival Evans, 38, of Fitzroy Road, Primrose Hill, pleaded guilty at City of London Magistrates’ Court to driving with excess alcohol in his breath in Norton Folgate (pictured), Spitalfields, on January 24.
The court heard it was 11.15pm when officers stopped Evans in his Toyota Avensis and he failed a roadside breath-test after they smelled alcohol on his breath.
The first-time offender was arrested and later gave a breath reading of 63 microgrammes – the legal limit is 35.
“It is with great regret and embarrassment that he finds himself here today,” said Evans’ lawyer Miss Sian Williams. “He has never been in court before and is shocked that he has let himself down.
“He had been out with friends that evening and a friend was topping up Mr. Evans’ pint making it difficult to monitor the amount he was drinking.”
Evans was fined £750, plus £90 costs and was disqualified from driving for eighteen months.
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