AN AUDI driver has been banned from the roads after he was caught drink-driving in Shropshire.
Ryan Green entered a guilty plea to one count of driving a motor vehicle while above the alcohol limit when he appeared before magistrates in Telford in October.
The court heard from prosecutor Sara Beddow that the 26-year-old had been caught out in Shrewsbury's Kynaston Road after getting behind the wheel of a blue Audi while over the drink-driving limit on August 5.
An evidential breath test revealed that he had 43 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes.
Green, of Lavender Bank, Bishops Castle, was fined £120 and disqualified from driving for 12 months, with magistrates saying they had taken his guilty plea into account when imposing the penalty.
He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £85 and a £32 victim surcharge, which is used to help fund services supporting victims of crime.
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