Driving ban for Blackpool garden centre owner on drink charge
The owner of a Blackpool garden centre has been banned from driving after pleading guilty to a drink-driving charge.
Blackpool magistrates gave Andrew Foley, 48, proprietor of The Plant Emporium on Preston New Road, a 14-month ban after he pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol. A breath test showed he had 49mgs of alcohol in his blood, 14mgs over the legal limit.
Foley was also fined £120 with £85 costs plus £30 victims’ surcharge.
A witness who saw him driving erratically took Foley’s van keys from him after he had parked half on a pavement and driveway. The witness saw a bottle of wine on the passenger seat.
Foley told police he had drunk half-a-bottle of wine at a friend’s house and that he had previously been in rehabilitation.
Stephen Duffy, defending, said his client, who had no previous convictions, acknowledged he had an alcohol problem and after being charged had been treated at Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s alcohol high dependency unit.
Blackpool magistrates gave Andrew Foley, 48, proprietor of The Plant Emporium on Preston New Road, a 14-month ban after he pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol. A breath test showed he had 49mgs of alcohol in his blood, 14mgs over the legal limit.
