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Drink-drive ban for Conwy man after police get tip-off

Feb 9 2010 by Dan Beavan, Daily Post

A BUSINESSMAN was caught drink driving by police tipped off he’d driven away from a pub.

Antiques dealer Nicky Collinge, 49, was banned for a year after admitting drink driving in his BMW at Bryn y Maen in November. Collinge, of Gwynt y Môr, Conwy, was also fined £450 with £85 costs, plus a £15 victims' surcharge.

Magistrates at Llandudno heard his blood-alcohol count was 105. The legal limit is 80. Richard Williams, defending, said Collinge thought he would be below the legal limit after drinking wine. “This was a case of miscalculation,” he added. “The impact of the disqualification is going to be significant.”