A DISQUALIFIED driver who was stopped in Kelso while more than five times the legal alcohol limit has been banned from the road for four years at Jedburgh Sheriff Court.
Forty-year-old Brian Hall admitted taking his partner's car without her consent, driving while disqualified and with no insurance after being stopped in Roxburgh Street, Kelso, in December.
He also gave an alcohol reading of 113 microgrammes - the legal limit being 22.
The court was told that Hall had observed a night time curfew at his home in Howegate, Hawick, since being granted bail while background reports were being compiled.
In addition to the four-year ban he was placed on supervision for 18 months and ordered to carry out 150 hours unpaid work.
Hall was also fined £100 after admitting stealing a bottle of vodka from the Co-op in Jewellers Wynd, Jedburgh, on August 25.
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