A?BUDE man who admitted a charge ofdrink/driving has escaped disqualification.

Mr David Samuel James Goodsall, aged 42, of Catherine Close, Bude, pleaded guilty at Bodmin Magistrates' Court, on December 1, to driving a Citroen Berlingo at Crooklets Road, Bude, on September 19, with 64 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath — exceeding the prescribed limit of 35.

The magistrates decided not to disqualify him for special reasons — namely that the "short distance such that defendant drove to park his car."

He was fined £170 and ordered to pay £85 Crown Prosecution Service costs and £15 victim surcharge. His licence was endorsed with six penalty points.

The magistrates indicated that his guilty plea was taken into account when sentencing.