Boozing is ‘fairly regular’ in Poland, says drunken driver slurring phrases behind wheel of ice cream van

A Polish driver who was caught behind the wheel of an ice cream van whereas practically 4 occasions the authorized restrict informed a courtroom it’s ‘fairly regular’ to booze in his nation.

A whole bunch and hundreds of vacationers had been visiting Nice Yarmouth in Norfolk through the peak summer time interval when Radoslaw Jaroszek, 45, was serving up cones and lollies. 

Police had been alerted by involved prospects who stated he appeared ‘intoxicated’ and ‘impaired’. He was tracked on CCTV as he drove his Ford Transit by the seaside city, the place he lives, and pulled over to be breathalysed.

Officers discovered he had 131mg of alcohol per 100ml of breath – practically 4 occasions the 35mg restrict. He was then taken in for questioning, by which era the bottom studying from a breath pattern was 100mg.

Showing at Nice Yarmouth Magistrates Court docket on Wednesday, the 45-year-old admitted drink driving and was banned from the highway for greater than two years.

The courtroom was informed he was engaged on August 12 for Lamarti’s Ice Cream, which was established in 1980 and runs a fleet of recent vans in Norfolk.

Officers informed the listening to they ‘smelt liquor’ once they pulled him over at 3.20pm and he was unsteady on his ft.

Jaroszek claimed he by no means often drank however had ‘two pints of beer’ to assist him address melancholy brought on by his associate’s latest miscarriage.

Talking by an interpreter, he additionally stated in his house nation of Poland it was ‘fairly regular’ to drink alcohol and he did not know the drink-driving legal guidelines within the UK had been so strict.

Jaroszek was banned from driving for 25 months, given a 12-month group order together with 100 hours of unpaid work, ten rehabilitation requirement days and informed to pay a complete of £100 in courtroom prices.

After his arrest, he was dismissed. He stays unemployed.