A WEYMOUTH man has been told to pay £194 and was disqualified from getting behind the wheel after drink driving in a town centre.
William Guillem, 45 and whose address was given as The Finches, was charged with driving a vehicle above the legal limit for alcohol when he appeared at Weymouth Magistrates Court on Thursday, January 13.
The charge related to an incident on November 21 where the defendant was pulled over in Trinity Street in Dorchester and found to have 62 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
The legal limit is 35 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.
The defendant entered a guilty plea and was subsequently fined £120, told to pay a £34 surcharge and costs of £40.
Guillem was also disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 17 months.
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