Police Welcome Drink-Driver Sentence

Police have welcomed the sentence handed down to a drink driver who was spotted on CCTV in Market Harborough.

Keith Goodwin, 54, of Berry Close, Great Bowden, has been banned from driving for 20 months and handed a 12-month community order after pleading guilty to failing to provide a specimen for analysis.

Leicester Magistrates heard he was spotted getting into a car in Abbey Street in the early hours of June 26th this year and arrested moments later on Bowden Lane, after Police officers smashed the car window to remove Goodwin from the vehicle when he refused to get out.

PC John Jephcott from Harborough Police  said: “By CCTV operators and officers working together, we were able to quickly detain Goodwin and believe that by doing this, we stopped him from putting both himself and others in danger.

“We are continually working to keep our roads safe and will act on anyone who we believe is not driving in a safe and careful manner. Failing to cooperate with us when we do act in this way is a criminal offence and a prosecution will be made as this case has shown.”

Goodwin was also ordered to pay £150 prosecution costs and an £85 victim surcharge.

The driving disqualification will be reduced by 20 weeks if Goodwin satisfactorily completes a course.