The assistant manager of a Ramsey pub has been fined £900 for drink-driving.

Alexander William Lennox, of The Crescent West, who works at the Swan, pleaded guilty to the charge and was banned from driving for two years.

The 33-year-old must also retake his test at the end of the ban and pay £125 prosecution costs.

Prosecutor James Robinson told the court how, on Sunday, August 20, at 8.35pm, police received information from an anonymous source that a man who had been drinking at the Swan in Parliament Street was about to drive.

Police stopped Lennox while he was driving a silver Audi A3 on Queen’s Pier Road at 8.45pm.

He was said to be smelling of alcohol and when asked by police if he had been drinking he told them he had consumed two pints after work.

Police reported that Lennox was slurring his words and speaking in a ’slow deliberate manner’.

He was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and taken to police headquarters.

A breathalyser test produced a reading of 57 - the legal limit is 35 - and Lennox was charged with drink-driving.

He made no reply after caution.

Defending Lennox in court, his advocate Paul Glover said: ’He is the assistant manager at the Swan and had been working all day. It was a busy day, the pub does food and the football had been on.

’He hadn’t had the opportunity to have much food. In my submission that made the alcohol more prevalent in his system.

’He accepts it is his responsibility. After three pints he drove two miles. It was a foolish decision. He felt OK and felt he would have been under the limit if he was stopped and breathalysed.

’He is assistant manager. It’s not just a job it is a career. He was hoping to obtain a licence in the future. However, this has been severely jeopardised by these proceedings.

’He has had no convictions for a number of years and we would ask the court to consider this a blip on his record.’

Deputy High Bailiff Jayne Hughes gave Lennox credit for his early guilty plea and co-operation with the police at the roadside and during the breathalyser process.

Mrs Hughes said: ’You have no relevant previous convictions. But I note you are the assistant manager so you are someone who should know better than anyone else the dangers of driving while intoxicated.

’It is very unlikely you will be granted a licence in your own right with this conviction on your record.

’I note there was no criticism of your driving. You simply should not have been driving with alcohol of that level in your system.’