A MOTORIST caught drink-driving three times in as many years was locked up yesterday.
Lee David Hendrix, of Burnhope, Newton Aycliffe, admitted driving over the legal alcohol limit when he appeared at the town's magistrate's court yesterday.
James Thomas, prosecuting, said Hendrix, 42, was stopped by police in Winterburn and tests revealed 99 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The limit is 80.
Magistrates heard that he got behind the wheel, despite being banned from driving, in the hope of visiting his former girlfriend and rekindling their relationship.
He was previously convicted for drink-driving in August 2001 and March 2002, when he was banned for three years.
Hendrix was sentenced to four months in jail for drink-driving and a four months, to run concurrently, for driving while disqualified. No separate penalty was imposed for driving without insurance.
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