Drunk driver Darren Brangman was fined $1,000 yesterday by Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner.

Magistrates' Court heard Brangman, 39, of Cedar Park Road, Devonshire, crashed into the back of a car in Parsons Lane, near to its junction with Orange Valley Road, Devonshire.

Crown counsel Robert Welling told the court Brangman admitted to Police he was to blame for the accident shortly after it happened, on Saturday, May 12, at 1.20 p.m. Tests later showed he was over the legal limit for alcohol.

Asked by Mr. Warner if he had anything to say on the matter yesterday, Brangman, who had pleaded guilty, replied: "I was at fault."

In addition to the fine, he was disqualified from driving all vehicles for 12 months.