A Warwick man has been banned from the roads for three years for driving while over the legal blood-alcohol limit.

Appearing in Magistrates’ Court yesterday, José Serodio, 53, admitted the offence, which took place on North Shore Road in Hamilton Parish on May 30.

The Crown accepted his plea and offered no evidence on the alternative charge of driving while impaired.

The court heard that Serodio was arrested after a member of the public alerted Police to a car that was swerving over the centre line, accelerating and then slowing again, as it headed west.

When officers approached Serodio, who had pulled into the entrance to the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo, they could smell intoxicants and noticed that his speech was slurred and his eyes were glazed.

At Hamilton Police Station it was determined that Serodio had 171 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood — more than twice the legal limit of 80mg.

In court, Senior Magistrate Juan Wolffe told Serodio, who required an interpreter to assist him, that he had a lot of explaining to do because this was his second impaired driving offence in two years and fourth offence overall.

Through the interpreter, Serodio told the court that he had been asked to pick someone up, but turned around before he could do so.

Mr Wolffe gave Serodio a $3,500 fine and disqualified him from driving all vehicles for three years.

He noted that Serodio might benefit from Drug Treatment Court and granted him $1,000 bail with a like surety to appear there today.

In a separate matter, a Devonshire man has been banned from the road for 18 months.

Jahni Outerbridge, 29, pleaded guilty to driving on Middle Road, Southampton, while over the legal blood-alcohol limit on May 26.

The Crown accepted his plea and offered no evidence on the alternative charge of driving while impaired.

The court heard that Outerbridge overtook a police car that was responding to an incident on Malabar Road, Sandys.

Prosecutor Larissa Burgess said Outerbridge, who overtook several other cars, then accelerated as the officers began to pursue him.

They caught up with the car near Church Road and when they approached Outerbridge, they could smell intoxicants.

They also found a bottle of Hennessey on the car floor.

At Hamilton Police Station it was determined that Outerbridge had 103mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood.

Outerbridge told the court that his family member had been stabbed in the incident on Malabar Road and that he was trying to get to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.

He said that the bottle of liquor was not his.

Mr Wolffe handed Outerbridge a $1,500 fine and disqualified him from driving for 18 months.

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