Police officers from the SPPP in Legnica, while on duty in Bolesławiec, detained a 42-year-old resident of our county who got behind the wheel of a passenger Seat despite court bans. What is more, he was drunk, with more than 1.5 promille of alcohol in his system.
Officers: – When checking the police systems, the officers established that the man had got behind the wheel despite having a dual lifetime court ban on driving all motor vehicles.
The 42-year-old was detained and taken to the District Police Headquarters in Bolesławiec, and after sobering up, to court.
For the crimes he committed, he received a sentence of 8 months’ imprisonment without suspension, a lifetime ban on driving all motor vehicles, a payment of PLN 10,000 to the Fund for Victims and Post-Penitentiary Assistance, and forfeiture of the passenger Seat, worth approximately PLN 2,000, to the State Treasury.
The man must also cover the court costs. Police:
We remind you that driving while intoxicated is punishable by up to 3 years in prison, while driving despite a court ban carries a sentence of up to 5 years.