Sunderland man gets banned from drinking alcohol after twocking car, then gets caught out by ankle tag

A man with booze problems who breached a suspended prison sentence by having a drink and missing an appointment has been spared jail.

But John Quinn, 35, of Conyers Close, Castletown, Sunderland, walked free from South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court with a warning from a judge ringing in his ears.