A MAN who was pulled over for speeding in Frome ended up with a 38-month driving ban after being caught drink driving for a second time.

When twenty-five-year-old Bartholomew Pawley started talking to the police they could smell alcohol on his breath, and he failed a roadside breath test.

When he appeared in court at Yeovil before District Judge Angela Brereton she heard that he already had a previous conviction for driving while over the limit and told him it was “regrettable” that he had not learned from his previous experience.

Pawley, of Old Road, Radstock, pleaded guilty to driving a VW Golf on Vallis Road, Frome, on June 1 after drinking excess alcohol.

On the day in question the police were on duty in Frome and saw the defendant in his car travelling above the speed limit so pulled him over.

“The officers could smell alcohol when they spoke to Pawley and he failed a roadside breath test and was arrested,” said prosecutor Emma Lenanton.

“When he was interviewed he said he had been to a friend’s party and consumed around three or four pints and was the only occupant in the vehicle.”

A further breath test revealed a reading of 51mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the legal limit being 35mcg of alcohol. It was also discovered that he had a previous conviction for drink driving within the last ten years and was therefore liable for a minimum three-year disqualification.

The court heard that Pawley had a career in hospitality and was due to move to London to start a new job shortly.

His solicitor Mr Sadiq said Pawley was “deeply ashamed and remorseful for his actions” and had now sold his vehicle as he would be using public transport in his new job.

District Judge Brereton said: “It is regrettable you are back here again for a like offence, and it concerns me that the previous drink-drive educational course did not educate you.

“You need to have the dangers of drink driving reaffirmed to you and you also have to bear in mind the risks you are putting the public at by drink driving.”

Alongside the driving ban she fined the defendant £730 with £85 costs and a £73 victim surcharge.