A MAN has been banned from driving for three years after being twice caught drunk behind the wheel.
Iulian Bulancea, 46, of Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, pleaded guilty to two counts of driving while over the prescribed limit.
He was sentenced at Swindon Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, December 4.
On April 4, 2020, Bulancea was found driving in Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, with 72 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 micrograms.
Magistrates fined the defendant £350 and ordered him to pay a £35 victim surcharge.
He was also ordered to pay £85 in costs and banned from driving for 20 months.
Then, on December 2, 2021, Bulancea was found in Brunel Road, Salisbury, driving with 99 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.
He was fined £95 and ordered to pay £85 in costs for this offence.
The defendant was also banned from driving for 36 months.
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