Eight banned drink drivers named with two found slumped at the wheel

Police have revealed eight more drivers have been banned from the roads after being caught drink driving. Warwickshire Police has released the latest motorists who have been disqualified after being arrested in the county.

They say all eight drivers appeared at Leamington Magistrates Court on Friday (April 12) including Rikki Graham, aged 49 from Clifford Chambers, Stratford-upon-Avon who was disqualified for 38 months and fined £807 after pleading guilty to drink driving .

He was also ordered to pay £135 costs and £323 victim surcharge. He was arrested at 10pm on February 11 on Shipston Road, Stratford-upon-Avon when he was stopped by police and failed a roadside breath test.

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Stanley Lawrence, aged 20 from Old Budbrooke Road, Hampton Magna, Warwick was disqualified for 15 months and fined £400 when he pleaded guilty to drink driving on the A46 Warwick By-Pass on February 11.

He was arrested at 4.20pm when officers were called to a single vehicle collision and he identified himself as the driver and failed a roadside breath test. He was also ordered to pay £135 costs and £160 victim surcharge.

Muhammad Patel, aged 25 of Green View, Leicester was arrested at 2.11pm on February 11 on the M6 junction 3 when he passed a police vehicle at speed and officers brought the Audi he was driving to a compliant stop. He was later charged with failing to provide a specimen for analysis and after pleading guilty to the offence in court was banned from driving for 18 months and fined £1,846. He was also ordered to pay £135 costs and £738 victim surcharge.

Brandon Bentick aged 35 from Orchard Street, Bedford was disqualified for 22 months and fined £466. He was also ordered to pay £135 costs and £186 victim surcharge.

It follows his arrest at 1.03am on February 11 in Tewkesbury Drive, Bedworth after calls to the police reporting a black Transit Van driving into a number of parked vehicles. This was witnessed by a police officer who stopped the vehicle. Bentick was the driver and failed a roadside breath test.

Wesley McCullough , aged 42 from Beckfoot Close, Rugby was disqualified for 22 months and fined £576. He was also ordered to pay £135 costs and £230 victim surcharge.

It came after he was arrested at 11.15pm on February 10 on Lawford Road, Rugby after officers attended a report of a collision.

Ethan Ratcliffe, aged 23 of Ashe Road, Nuneaton was sentenced to a Community Order with a 250 hour unpaid supervised work requirement within the next 12 months after pleading guilty to failing to provide a specimen for analysis. He was also disqualified from driving for 30 months and ordered to pay £70 costs and £114 victim surcharge.

He was arrested at 9.05pm on February 10 on Heath End Road, Nuneaton after his car was involved in a collision and he was found slumped over the driver’s seat by officers.

Jonathan Cleaver, aged 38 from Frances Road, Harbury was arrested at 4.53pm on February 10 after his Ford Transit got stuck in the mud on the business park on Ufton Road and police were called by a member of the public.

He later pleaded guilty to Failing to Provide a Specimen for Analysis and was disqualified from driving for 34 months and sentenced to a Community Order requiring him to complete 250 hours unpaid supervised work in the next 12 months. He was also ordered to pay £135 costs and £114 victim surcharge.

Sebastian Rolnicki, aged 36 of Spring Wood Farm Road, Burton was banned from driving for 15 months and fined £466 after pleading guilty to drink driving, driving without insurance and driving without a license. He was ordered to pay £135 costs and £186 victim surcharge and his driving licence was endorsed.

He was arrested at 4.19am on February 16 on Newbold Road, Rugby after officers stopped his car and smelt alcohol. He failed a roadside breath test. Police say some of the drivers have the chance to reduce their sentences if they complete driving rehabilitation course.

Sergeant Chris McSharry urged other motorists to make sure they are the next ones in court, saying: "Alcohol dulls the senses affecting your ability to judge speed and distance when driving as well as your reaction and coordination skills. Alcohol and drugs can also create a false confidence which can lead to an increase in risk-taking behaviour, which puts your life and the lives of others in danger.

"This is extremely dangerous and the opposite of what you need to be a good driver. Every one of these drivers has lost their licence because they took the decision to drink and drive. We hope that by sharing the consequences for these drivers, it will help anyone who may be tempted to drink or take drugs and drive to think again.

"These drivers now have a criminal record that could affect their job and they will not be able to travel to certain countries. The inconvenience and embarrassment of not being able to drive means they will have to rely on friends, family and public transport to get from A to B taking more time and expense.

"Please don’t let this happen to you. Plan ahead if you are going out drinking and book a taxi, go out within walking distance of home, nominate a driver, or ask a friend beforehand if you can sleep on their sofa."

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