A DRINK driver got behind the wheel while more than three times the legal alcohol limit.

George Makarau, 30, drove a BMW in Rouse Way, Colchester, while over the limit in April.

Colchester Magistrates’ Court heard a breathalyser test recorded 110mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35mcg.

The court was told Makarau, of Woodruff Road, Thetford, had a previous conviction for a drink driving offence.

Makarau also admitted driving without due care and attention in a separate incident in March, in Greenstead Road, Colchester.

The court heard he caused an accident which left a person injured and he failed to stop at the scene.

Appearing before magistrates, he admitted drink driving, failing to turn up at court, driving without due care and attention, failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver, failing to report an accident, failing to stop at the scene of an accident and obstructing a police officer.

Makarau was sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment, suspended for two years, and banned from the roads for 48 months.

He was also ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work.

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