A lorry driver who drove an HGV in a motorway services while nearly four times the alcohol limit has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Jackako Morjko, 56, was also banned from driving for 33 months by North Yorkshire magistrates sitting at Harrogate.
The 56-year-old, of Fox Street, Scunthorpe, admitted drink driving at the A1(M) and M62 Ferrybridge Services on May 10 after a breath test gave a reading of 131 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.
He was given a 10-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months on condition he does 200 hours’ unpaid work and 25 days’ rehabilitative activities.
He was also ordered to pay a £128 statutory surcharge and £85 prosecution costs.
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