ANDREW John Ockenden escaped serving time behind bars when he appeared before Batemans Bay Local Court on May 18 on his fourth drink-driving offence.
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When the 43-year-old resident of Shearwater Crescent, Bawley Point, was stopped for a random breath test in Batemans Bay on April 26, police officers could smell alcohol in his vehicle.
The defendant, on his way home from a barbecue, told them: “I can tell you, I’m over.”
He recorded a reading of 0.126, and was charged with driving with a mid-range prescribed concentration of alcohol.
Magistrate Doug Dick noted this latest offence was Ockenden’s second in a five-year period and sentenced him to eight months’ jail.
Corrective Services’ officers then escorted the defendant to the cells to wait while the paperwork for his section 12 suspended jail sentence was completed.
Mr Dick ordered Ockenden to serve the good behaviour bond under the supervision of Community Corrections, fined him $2000, and placed him on a two-year interlock order at the end of a six-month driving disqualification.
