AN-82-YEAR-OLD pensioner who downed whisky before getting behind the wheel in a "moment of madness" has been banned from driving.Michael Anthony Thorp, of Thorrington Road, Little Clacton, admitted at Colchester Magistrates' Court yesterday (December 8) to drinking a small glass, topped up with lemonade, at home before driving two miles in his Ford Ka.He was disqualified for 14 months.Prosecutor Ian Allen explained police were called to Telford Road, Little Clacton, at 4pm...
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