Driver caught drinking can of Carling on A690 in Houghton
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A driver spotted supping from a can of lager on a busy dual carriageway is starting a year-long ban. David Gibson, 39, gave no explanation to a court as to why he cracked open a Carling as he drove his Citroen on the A690 in Houghton. Gibson, of Gill Crescent North, Fence Houses, was pulled over by police on Tuesday, March 26, after a tip-off from a witness, a court heard. He was arrested after giving a positive roadside breath test for alcohol – and a later evidential sample confirmed his...

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