He had been tested while driving with 4.07 grams of alcohol in his blood in Callac (Côtes-d’Armor), in February 2020. This Friday, December 11, a 60-year-old man opposed the sentence he had received. inflicted in the first instance, namely the cancellation of his driving license and the ban on retaking it for four months, reports West France.
He was going to take out the trash
The defendant was intercepted at 2:20 p.m. and a blood test taken at the hospital revealed this “enormous” blood alcohol level, according to the term used by the president of the Guingamp court during the hearing. The sixty-year-old said he was going to empty his trash that day. He said he had drunk three glasses of whiskey and that the drugs he was taking may have affected the alcohol level.
The prosecutor requested a fine of 500 euros and an 8-month license suspension with provisional execution. The court received the opposition and sentenced the defendant to a fine of 300 euros and a 6-month license suspension.
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