A drink-driver who was found with a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit told police he "got it wrong" when he was caught in Bendigo last year.
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David Main pleaded guilty in the Bendigo Magistrates' Court to the offence committed last April.
Main was found with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.162 after he pulled into a breath-testing station on the McIvor Highway at Strathdale.
He told police he consumed four schooners of beer prior to driving and he "got it wrong".
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The court heard the winemaker drove from Heathcote to Bendigo to have a coffee, then a friend told him a winemakers festival was on.
But he had not arranged an alternative means home after drinking.
Magistrate Patrick Southey said Main had taken the matter seriously by engaging a lawyer and noted he had no prior convictions.
Mr Southey cancelled Main's licence and disqualified him from driving for 16 months.
Main was also convicted and fined $500.
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Natalie Croxon
Reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, mostly covering social affairs. Previously of the Bendigo Advertiser, Northern Daily Leader and Quirindi Advocate. Our Watch award winner.
Reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, mostly covering social affairs. Previously of the Bendigo Advertiser, Northern Daily Leader and Quirindi Advocate. Our Watch award winner.
