Northamptonshire drink-driver caught three times over the limit twice just months apart

A Northamptonshire drink-driver caught more than three times' the limit TWICE just a couple of months apart has been spared jail.

Northampton magistrates gave Jakub Chmielewski a suspended sentence and four-year driving ban for the two offences in May and July this year.

Chmielewski, 39, was first arrested near his home in Winstanley Road, Wellingborough, on May 20 after he was found over the limit and behind the wheel.

When breathalysed, he gave a reading of 124mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35mcg.

Chmielewski was released but then arrested for drink-driving again in the adjacent Newcomen Road on July 26. This time he gave a reading of 119mcg.

Police charged him with two counts of drink-driving but, although Chmielewski admitted the May offence he originally denied the July charge.

Chmielewski later changed his plea to guilty when he appeared in court.

Magistrates decided not to send Chmielewski straight to prison and instead gave him a second chance, sentencing him to 14 weeks suspended for two years.

Chmielewski must also pay court costs of £170 and a victim surcharge of £128.