Ban for Sunderland drink driver who got out of car to dance in the street

Daryll Sa, 34, copied a friend who had exited the passenger seat moments earlier to do a boozy jig in Cleveland Road, High Barnes, a court heard.

But police were tipped off to their celebratory antics at 9.45pm on Monday, October 19, and arrived to breath test Sa, of Arlington Street, Ford Estate.

He was arrested after blowing over the limit and is starting a 12-month disqualification after pleading guilty to a drink drive charge.

Prosecutor Glenda Beck said: “Police attended the area following a report of two males intoxicated in the street after pulling up in a black MG vehicle.

“An officer saw Mr Sa outside the vehicle and showing signs of being intoxicated.

“The officer contacted the caller who had called in the job and they described Mr Sa as being the male in the brown and cream fleece who had been in the driver’s seat while the lights were on.

“A roadside breath test was failed, and he was arrested and taken to a police station.

“He was interviewed and shown CCTV footage from a shop in the street which showed the vehicle arriving.

“Someone in the passenger side exits and starts dancing in the street while drinking from a can.

“The driver also exits the vehicle and dances in the street and drinks from a can, which was then put into a bin.”

Sa, who has no previous convictions, gave a reading for alcohol in breath of 58mcg. The legal limit is 35mcg.

The defendant, who represented himself in court, admitted he had driven and planned to continue on his way home.

He said: “It was just a celebration, I was just taking part – it was something like a New Year for them.

“He suggested for me to have a beer and then it was another and another one.

“I did intend to drive home, it was just a few blocks from where I live.”

Magistrates also fined Sa £369 and ordered him to pay a £148 victim surcharge and £85 court costs.