SPALDING magistrates on Thursday banned a man from driving for 12 months when he pleaded guiilty to an excess alcohol charge.
Paul Beesley (49), of Church Lane, Saltfleetby, near Louth, was stopped on West Marsh Road, Spalding, on March 29 and found to have 89 milligrammes of alcohol in blood – 9mgs above the legal limit.
He can cut three months off the ban if he completes a rehabilitation course.
Beesley was also fined £625 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.