A REVELLER bored of waiting for his train home got behind the wheel of his car and came to grief at Copmanthorpe roadworks, a court heard.

Heath Gwynn was banned from driving for two years and got a £505 court bill after he knocked over cones at the roadworks on the A64.

Magistrates heard that Heath Gwynn had grown tired of waiting for a late night train to Leeds and set off by car.

Steven Ovenden, prosecuting, said eye-witnesses alerted police to his erratic driving at 1am and officers pulled him over further round the ring road.

A breath test revealed he was more than twice the alcohol limit.

Gwynn, an interior designer, of Grange Close, Hunslet, pleaded guilty to drink-driving on the A64 at Heslington on the eve of his 36th birthday.

York magistrates banned him from driving for two years and fined him £450 with £55 costs.

Mr Ovenden said members of the public alerted police that Gwynn had been "wandering over the road" and hitting road cones at the Copmanthorpe contraflow at 1am on Saturday.

The breath test gave a reading of 75mgs per 100 mls of breath. The legal limit is 35.

For Gwynn, Caroline Aaron said he worked in York as an interior designer and had planned to celebrate his birthday by going to a nightclub after work then catching the 2am train home to Leeds.

But when the pubs closed at 11pm, he decided not to go to the club, walked around York city centre for a bit, then sat in his car to keep warm, waiting for the train.

Eventually he set off home driving.

"He quickly realised his stupidity and therefore headed back towards York intending to leave his car at the Park and Ride and walk back to the station. But he was stopped by the police," said the solicitor.

Updated: 09:06 Thursday, February 21, 2002