Eight people from the Brighton and Hove area have been banned from the road for drink driving – so far – during the annual summer crackdown by Sussex Police.
Claire Simmons, 44, unemployed, of Sunninghill Avenue, Hangleton, was arrested for driving her Citroen C3 while over the limit in the Hove street on Friday 2 June.
She had 75 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of her breath. The legal limit is 35 micrograms.
She pleaded guilty to drink driving at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 22 June.
She was given a 17-month ban, fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge, making £235 in total.
Dara Honar, 33, a telecommunications engineer, of Hurst Hill, Hollingbury, was arrested in London Road, Brighton, on also Friday 2 June.
He was charged with driving a new white BMW M240 with 44 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath.
He was banned from the road for three years after he pleaded guilty to drink driving at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 22 June.
Honar was also fined £510 and ordered to £85 costs and a £51 victim surcharge, making £646 in total.
Steven Joseph, 33, a removals man, of Graham Avenue, Brighton, was arrested in Graham Avenue, Brighton, on Thursday 8 June.
He was charged with driving a black Peugeot 206 with 65 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath.
Joseph pleaded guilty at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 22 June where he was given a 17-month ban.
He was also fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge, making £235 in total.
Benjamin Manners, 21, a student, of The Brow, Woodingdean, was arrested in Bear Road, Brighton, on Thursday 8 June and charged with drink driving in a Renault Clio.
He pleaded guilty at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 22 June to driving with 103 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath.
Manners was banned from driving for 23 months and ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work. He was also ordered to pay £85 costs and an £85 victim surcharge, making £170 in total.
