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Thursday, 24 December 2020

Tyneside Repeat Drink Driver Caught Three Times in Three Months

A Tyneside man has been convicted of drink driving for the third time in three months.

Nathaniel Wooden, 30, of Warkworth Avenue, South Shields, admitted charges of driving with excess alcohol, driving whilst disqualified and driving without insurance when he appeared in custody at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, 22nd December 2020.

Prosecutor Ian Martin told that court that Wooden was first caught over the limit when he was driving his Ford Mondeo on the A19 near the Tyne Tunnel on Saturday, 26th September 2020.

On that occasion he provided an evidential specimen containing 80 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than twice the prescribed limit of 35 microgrammes.

Prior to his court hearing in relation of the first offence, Wooden again stopped whilst over the drink drive limit.

The second offence took place on Sunday, 25th October 2020, when the father-to-be was caught behind the wheel of a Mazda on Mill Dam, South Shields.

On that occasion he provided an evidential specimen containing 91 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

Wooden appeared in court in November in relation to the September offence. He was disqualified from driving for a period of 20 months.

He appeared before District Judge Paul Currer at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court on Friday, 18th December 2020, where he admitted the October offence.

The Judge adjourned sentencing for the preparation of a pre-sentence report.

Just three days later, on Monday, 21st December 2020, Wooden was caught driving whilst disqualified in South Shields. As a disqualified driver, he was also uninsured.

For the third time he was over the drink drive limit, providing an evidential specimen containing 80 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

On Tuesday, 22nd December 2020 he appeared back before Judge Currer.

Graham Crouth, mitigating, said: "On the last occasion, Mr Wooden was contacted by his grandfather in the early hours saying he was not feeling well and couldn't eat anything.

"Mr Wooden made the decision to drive to his grandfather's to assist with medication."

Addressing Wooden, the clearly unimpressed Judge said: "You have no regard whatsoever to other road users when you have made the decisions to drive the cars.

"You're not qualified or insured and, the last time, you were also disqualified. You made the decision, again in drink, to put other people's lives at risk and drove on the road.

"On each occasion, you have demonstrated a willingness to endanger others while driving while in drink and you have come perilously close to going to prison today."

Wooden was sentenced to 12 weeks' custody suspended for 18 months.

He was disqualified from driving for 42 months and ordered to pay £128 victim surcharge.

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