Lorry driver with whiskey bottles in his cab sentenced after being SIX times over drink-drive limit

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A lorry driver has been sentenced after being found to be six times over the legal drink-driving limit.Darek Smagiel was seen behind the wheel of a lorry swerving across the A14 eastbound at Fenstanton in Cambridgeshire earlier this week.Cambridgeshire Police was alerted to the motorist following calls from members of the public about his dangerous driving.The Iveco heavy goods vehicle was stopped by police officers, where they saw the floor of the cab covered in whiskey bottles.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Mr Smagiel provided a roadside breath test and blew 221 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.This is more than six times the legal limit of 35 microgrammes, while he provided an evidential reading of 121 two hours after his arrest.At Cambridge Magistrates' Court on July 14, Smagiel pleaded guilty to drink driving and dangerous driving.

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The driver, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years, and was disqualified from driving...

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A: A lorry driver has been sentenced after being found to be six times over the legal drink-driving limit.Darek Smagiel was seen behind the wheel of a lorry swerving across the A14 eastbound at Fenstanton in Cambridgeshire earlier this week.Cambridgeshire Police was alerted to the motorist following calls from members of the public about his dangerous driving.The Iveco heavy goods vehicle was stopped by police officers, where they saw the floor of the cab covered in whiskey bottles.

B: The driver, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years, and was disqualified from driving...