Bonnybridge drink driver five times over limit

Conor McIlhiney (27) was five times over the legal drink driving limit when police stopped him in Bonnybridge High Street.
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Jan 2020, 10:43 BST
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McIlhiney, 2 Gateside Avenue, Bonnybridge, admitted the offence he committed on December 15 last year, giving a reading of 110 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath when the legal limit is 22 microgrammes.

He also admitted assaulting a man in Scotmid, High Street, Bonnybridge on the same day.

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Sheriff John Mundy said McIlhiney’s behaviour was “appalling” and banned him from driving for 40 months, placed him on a supervised community payback order for 12 months and told him to complete 120 hours unpaid work within six months.