A MAN is to be jailed after he was caught drunk behind the wheel for the third time in eight years.
When Paul Anthony McGregor was arrested on January 30 he was already subject to a suspended sentence and was banned from driving for the same offence.
At Darlington Magistrates' Court yesterday, McGregor, 47, pleaded guilty to driving with 77 micrograms of alcohol in 100 ml of breath. The legal limit is 35.
He also admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance.
McGregor, of Cloverdale, in the Whinfield area of Darlington, has convictions for driving while disqualified dating back to the early Nineties.
Magistrates adjourned the case for pre-sentence reports until August 9 and warned McGregor that he will go to prison.
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