Boston man tried to drive car into water-filled ditch when over limit

Carl Fawson, 57, of Mill Road, admitted driving with excess alcohol when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court.

Lynn Bickley, prosecuting, said police were called to Oak House Lane at 6.50pm on December 12 last year after Fawson was seen doing wheelspins in his Peugeot 406 and then driving down the bank to the water filled ditch.

He told police he had tried to drive into the ditch but had not gone fast enough and had got stuck on the bank.

He was banned from driving for 15 months but was offered the drink drivers' rehabilitation course which will reduce the period of the ban by 15 weeks.

He was also fined £120 and ordered to pay court costs and charges totalling £119.