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Man banned over drink-drive shame
An IT consultant was almost twice over the limit when police stopped his Range Rover in Blackpool.
Zafar Meahmood, a 34-year-old father-of-three, of St George's Road, Preston, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol.
Blackpool magistrates disqualified him from driving for 18 months, fined him 300 with 60 costs and ordered him to pay 15 to the victims' surcharge fund.
Prosecutor Pam Smith said that police stopped Meahmood's car on Squires Gate Lane, South Shore on June 15 at 2.30am. A breath test showed 67 micrograms of alcohol in his body – 35 is the limit.
Meahmood said he had just started his own IT business which involved travelling to people's homes to repair computers.
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