Two drivers dealt with after separate drink-driving offences

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 24 Oct, 06:09 · Archive

A driver who travelled the wrong way down the M3 while more than twice the legal alcohol limit has received a suspended jail sentence.

Anas Arshad, 28, drove the wrong way along the M3 at Fleet on 2 July while more than twice the legal drink-drive limit. A breath test found 91 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, against a legal limit of 35 microgrammes. Basingstoke Magistrates' Court heard the driving was clearly dangerous because Arshad was on the wrong side of the motorway, aggravated by the excess alcohol.

Arshad was given 12 months' imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work. He was disqualified from driving for 40 months for drink-driving, with a 40-week reduction available if he completes a rehabilitation course by December 22, 2028. For dangerous driving, he was disqualified for a further 12 months and must pass an extended driving test before getting his licence back. He was ordered to pay £45 costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.

In a separate case, Seyram Kutsienyo, 45, from Andover pleaded guilty at Colchester Magistrates' Court on 13 October to drink-driving. The court heard that Kutsienyo drove a BMW X3 on Tillwicks Road on 31 August with 66 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. He was fined £600 with an additional £85 in costs and a £240 surcharge, with payments set at £100 per month from 30 November. He received a three-year driving ban.

How it is being reported

• Man fined more than £900 and banned for three years after drink-drivingAndover driver Seyram Kutsienyo has been fined £925 and banned for three years after pleading guilty to drink-driving at Colchester Magistrates’ Court.Andover Advertiser · 24 Oct, 05:00
• Drink driver who drove wrong way down M3 while more than double the limit spared jailDrink-driver Anas Arshad drove wrong way on the M3 at Fleet while more than twice the limit, avoiding jail with a 12-month suspended sentence.Basingstoke Gazette · 23 Oct, 17:00

In this story: Anas Arshad · Seyram Kutsienyo · M3 · Fleet · Basingstoke Magistrates' Court · Colchester Magistrates' Court

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