Drink driver tried to flee from cops in Blidworth by jumping garden fences but ran straight into waiting officer

Ruairi Herbert was spotted getting out of his car and running inside an address on Belle Vue Lane, at around 11.30pm on February 17, said Alexander Staddon, prosecuting.

He fled through the house and into the back garden where he jumped over a fence and ran into a waiting police dog handler.

Because an open can of beer was found in the car he was breathalysed.

A test revealed he had 73 microgrammes of alcohol when the legal limit is 35 microgrammes.

The court heard he has one previous conviction for failing to provide a breath specimen in September 2022.

Arjun Madahar, mitigating, said Herbert made “a very stupid mistake” on his way home from the pub when he was stopped by police.

“For what it is worth the journey from the pub to his partner's grandmother's house was quarter of a mile - a relatively short distance,” he said.

He has had to resign from his job in the fire protection industry because the work takes him all around the country.

Herbert, aged 26, of High Street, Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire, admitted drink driving after initially denying the charge, when he appeared at Mansfield Magistrates Court, on Thursday.

He was banned from driving for 40 months but a rehabilitation course will reduced the ban by 25 per cent if he completes it by March 4 2028

He was fined £162 with a £65 surcharge and £200 towards costs.