A COURT was told that a father who was caught drink-driving while collecting his children from Glastonbury Fair might have escaped prosecution if he had taken a few sips less of his beer. Dutch-born Martinus Aalst was seen by police picking up his teenaged children after their mother asked him to stand in at the last minute when she was unable to make it. Police who were on patrol in the town could smell alcohol on his breath when they spoke to him and he failed a roadside breath test. When he...
Reported by Central Somerset Gazette 22 hours ago.
A COURT was told that a father who was caught drink-driving while collecting his children from Glastonbury Fair might have escaped prosecution if he had taken a few sips less of his beer. Dutch-born Martinus Aalst was seen by police picking up his teenaged children after their mother asked him to stand in at the last minute when she was unable to make it. Police who were on patrol in the town could smell alcohol on his breath when they spoke to him and he failed a roadside breath test. When he...
Reported by Central Somerset Gazette 22 hours ago.