A man who openly admitted to drinking a bottle of bourbon a day has been sentenced and given a final warning for drink-driving: “Don’t drink drive.”
Graham Clark, 59, of Whangārei, appeared for sentencing in Whangārei District Court on one charge of driving with excess breath alcohol after he blew 875 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath.
The legal amount for an adult is 250 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath.
During Clark’s sentencing before Judge Gene Tomlinson, his lawyer Sam McDonald said Clark was “frank and honest” about his problem with alcohol and had since volunteered himself to a community mental health programme.