[A] Carlisle man has been banned from driving after crashing his car in the early hours of October 26 last year.
The driver of a Skoda Octavia car hit a road bollard on Johns Street in the city, the car was a write-off causing over £8,000 in damage
Alan Mullen, 54, appeared before District Judge Gerald Chalk sitting in the Magistrates Court, today [Thurs], he was to stand trial after pleading not-guilty to failing to provide a blood sample, but before the trial commenced he pleaded-guilty.
The judge was told when police arrived at the scene they found him sitting on the pavement, he was unsteady and his breath smelt of alcohol, because he was injured he went to the hospital for treatment to a dislocated ankle, he was breathalysed and this proved positive, while in the Cumberland Infirmary a paramedic attempted to take a blood sample for analysis, but Mullen refused saying he didn’t think the paramedic was qualified, he then told police he would not cooperate with the health-worker, officers arrested Mullen for refusing to give a sample of blood.
The judge was told Mullen works as a taxi-driver in the city, but on this day he was not actually working and had been out with friends, he now admits there was a “degree of impairment” through alcohol, and he will now lose his career as a taxi-driver, the judge was told the company he works for have said it might be possible for him to work in the office.
Mullen was sentenced to a prison term of 80-days, suspended for one-year, and disqualified from driving for 32-months, he also has to complete 100-hours of unpaid work, with court costs of £500 and a victims surcharge of £115 to be paid.
