A 45-YEAR-OLD man who failed a breathalyser test and told police his friend had been at the wheel has been banned from driving.
Stephen Skinner was arrested when his ex-wife called the police after he went to her home and banged on the door while shouting, Derby Crown Court heard.
When police caught up with him, he failed a breath test but said his friend had been driving his car. However, in court, he admitted driving with excess alcohol on November 26.
Skinner, 45, of Oxford Street, Long Eaton, was disqualified from driving for four years.
He was given a three-month jail sentence, suspended for a year, told to attend a education, training and employment programme and ordered to obey a three-month curfew between 9pm and 6am, which will be electronically monitored.
Skinner must pay an £80 victim surcharge.