AN Adamsdown man has pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs and refusing to take a breath test, despite admitting to police that he was \u201cover the limit, plain and simple\u201d.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Klaudijus Lukosius, 24, was sentenced at Cardiff Magistrates Court on Tuesday to a 12-month community order and 120 hours of unpaid work. He was also disqualified from driving for 40 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lukosius, of Constellation Street, Cardiff, was stopped by police on Clifton Street on February 24 for driving erratically. After running a check on the vehicle, officers found it was uninsured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The police found open bottles of vodka in the car, and a bag with trace amounts of cocaine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lukosius told the officers: \u201cI\u2019m over the limit, plain and simple.\u201d However, he refused to take a breath test at the scene or at the police station after he was arrested.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf he could wind the clock back to February I think he would be embarrassed,\u201d said Tim Petrides, defending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe is aware of what could have happened. He knows that he could have crashed his car and that others could have been harmed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe is utterly ashamed and embarrassed, he didn\u2019t want to watch the CCTV footage, even though I said he should.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prosecutor Robert Reid said the defendant was clearly inebriated during the incident, describing him as \u201cunsteady on his feet and with glazed eyes\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lukosius accepted full responsibility for the offence, which he described as a \u201cwake-up call\u201d. He claimed the loss of his job and a six-week lay-up due to injury led to him drinking daily and using cocaine \u201cas a coping mechanism\u201d.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Magistrate Ms Rachel Parkin also made a rehabilitation order and made Lukosius pay court costs of \u00a3180.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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