Sangarapillai Rajkumar, aged 46, of Winston Road, Rochester, was sentenced on 18 January 2022 at Maidstone Magistrates’ Court.
He pleaded guilty to driving when above the legal drink-drive limit, in Gravesend, on 10 July 2021. When stopped he gave a reading of 171 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 microgrammes.
He was disqualified from driving for a total of 42 months. He was also ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work within the next 12 months and pay a surcharge of £95 and costs of £85.