AN artist who admitted driving while more than four times the legal alcohol limit has been banned from the road for 14 months at Selkirk Sheriff Court.
Neville Storer, 71, of Highridgehall Farm Cottages, near Kelso, pleaded guilty to driving with a breath/alcohol reading of 98 microgrammes - the legal limit being 22 - on the A699 road in Maxcton on January 24.
Depute fiscal Anna Robertson said police officers stopped the vehicle at about 10.40pm due to the manner the vehicle was being driven.
His lawyer explained Storer had been driving for 53 years and was embarrassed to be in court for the offence.
He had been driving to Tweedbank to pick up his partner.
The lawyer said his client works as an artist and had been working in the studio that day and had consumed a quantity of alcohol and then made the "foolish decision" to drive.
Sheriff Peter Paterson said Storer would appreciate the stupidity of his actions and in addition to the 14 months ban, imposed a fine of £300.
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