A driver who got behind the wheel of a car while drunk and disqualified has been banned from the roads for more than three years.

Jez Woolnough, 28, of Titania Close, Colchester, was stopped while driving a Ford S Max in Colchester on January 6.

He was found to be disqualified and had no insurance.

Woolnough was also found to have 78 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.

He admitted all the offences at Colchester Magistrates’ Court when he appeared on March 8.

Magistrates banned Woolnough from driving for 42 months and ordered him to complete 100 hours of unpaid work.

He must also pay a £95 victim services fund and £105 prosecution costs.

He was given no separate penalty for the offence of driving without insurance.

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