Motorist over the limit after drinking five pints
Self-employed aerial fitter has been forced to give up his job
Drink-driver Andrew Shepherd has been handed a 12-month ban.
Police followed the 55-year-old's Nissan Micra in Dawlish Drive, Bentilee, at 12.40am on December 15 before the vehicle stopped.
Prosecutor Omar Majid told North Staffordshire Justice Centre: "The defendant was in the driver's seat and the officers could immediately smell alcohol. He explained he was dropping off his friend. He admitted he had drunk five pints that night."
The defendant gave a positive roadside breath test and was taken to the police station where he was breathalysed and gave a reading of 55 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - against the legal limit of 35.
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Self-employed aerial fitter Shepherd, of Swaythling Grove, Bentilee, pleaded guilty to drink-driving.
Zoe Leese, mitigating, said: "He had been out with friends and got a taxi home. He received a call from a friend in need and said, 'Yes, I will take you'. He was stopped a very short distance from his home address."
Magistrates also fined Shepherd £120 and ordered him to pay £135 costs and a £30 surcharge.