Disqualified driver caught drunk behind wheel twice

A disqualified driver has received a ban after he was caught drink driving twice in a month.

Kennedy Kipchirchir has to wear an alcohol monitoring tag for 120 days and has received a four year driving ban after being sentenced at Cheltenham Magistrates Court on Monday.

Kipchirchir was previously banned from driving for almost a year when he was seen by members of the public hitting a cone and narrowly missing another car on 11 May 2024.

PC Laurie Merchant from Gloucestershire Police said: "This case is one we are seeing more often unfortunately."

Kipchirchir was breathalysed by officers in May this year and was found to be over the alcohol limit.

A few weeks later he was filmed again by police driving erratically in the same car, and officers witnessed him swapping seats with the passenger.

He was breathalysed and again found to be over the limit.

Kipchirchir pleaded guilty to drink driving and driving whilst disqualified at Cheltenham Magistrates Court.

He has also been ordered to pay £884 in court costs.

PC Merchant said: "[This is] a case of someone who is banned from driving for either drink or drugs, and then continues to drive showing complete disregard for the road traffic law."

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