An Irish contractor who blew triple the legal limit while heading for more booze will be deported this weekend, a court has been told.
Illegal overstayer Jimmy Maguire, 42, was spotted driving erratically yesterday by an off-duty fireman, Christchurch District Court was told today.
The painter and decorator was stopped and found with another dozen beer in his car.
"What is most concerning to police is that when he was stopped he said he had just been to the supermarket to top up because he was running short of booze," says Acting Senior Sergeant Scott Richardson said.
"He had another dozen of beer in the car with him, which he had just purchased."
