A drink-driver who collided with roadworks on Douglas promenade has been sentenced.

Labourer George Arthur Horner was ordered to do 140 hours of community service, banned from driving for three years with an order to retake his test at the end of the ban and complete a drink-driving rehabilitation course.

We previously reported how a witness reported seeing 47-year-old Horner driving a Renault Megane on July 25 at 3.30am on Douglas promenade.

They described his driving as ’erratic’ and said that he had collided with roadworks at one point.

The witness followed Horner and recorded him on video as he drove to Royal Avenue West in Onchan.

Police arrived and found Horner still sitting in the parked vehicle.

After being taken to police headquarters he failed a breathalyser test with a reading of 95. The legal limit is 35.

When interviewed Horner told police he had drunk ’three or four beers’.

A probation report said that Horner said he had been at a friend’s house socialising and that he rarely drank.

He said that he had initially left his car keys at his friend’s but had then returned to get his wallet.

While getting his wallet Horner said he had ’foolishly’ decided to take his keys as well and drive home.

He said that he was aware that someone was following him and that was why he stayed in his parked car, as he was expecting the police to arrive.

The report said that Horner had been involved with the Drug and Alcohol Team for five years, suffered from anxiety and depression and had a large debt.

Defence advocate Paul Glover said that his client’s last conviction was just short of 20 years ago and said that he would be willing to undertake community service.

Magistrates also ordered Horner to pay £125 prosecution costs which he will pay at a rate of £50 per month.