Man arrested on M5 four times over drink-drive limit

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 12 Oct, 17:02 · Archive

A man was arrested on the M5 motorway after being found four times over the drink-drive limit, with a dog in his car.

Bryan Househam, 69, from Brant Broughton in Lincolnshire, was arrested on the M5 motorway after being found four times over the drink-drive limit with a dog in his car. A concerned motorist reported the grey Toyota RAV4 swerving between the hard shoulder and lane two on the M5 southbound between junctions 13 and 14 on Sunday, 13 September. The report was initially received by Gloucestershire Police before being passed to Avon and Somerset Police officers.

Officers located the vehicle parked at Michaelwood Services on the southbound carriageway and found Househam sitting in the driver's seat with the keys in the ignition. A dog was also in the vehicle. An attending officer detected alcohol on Househam and requested a roadside breath test, which recorded 142 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes. He was arrested on suspicion of driving while over the prescribed limit for alcohol and taken into custody, where an evidential breath test recorded a reading of 100 microgrammes. The dog was collected by a family member following his arrest.

How it is being reported

• Video captures M5 drink-driver with dog in car swerving aroundHe was found to be four times over the drink-drive limitBristolLive · 12 Oct, 16:33
• M5 drink-driver four times over limit with dog in the backA man has was arrested on the M5 with his dog in the back after being four times over drink-drive limit.BBC Bristol · 12 Oct, 15:44

In this story: Bryan Househam · M5 · Brant Broughton · Michaelwood Services · Avon and Somerset Police

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