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Drink-driver does it again just as10-year ban ends

JUST a few weeks before reaching the end of a 10-year driving ban for drink-driving, Jason Byrne did it again – twice.

Jason Byrne has been sent to prison for repeatedly drink driving. (19698450)
Jason Byrne has been sent to prison for repeatedly drink driving. (19698450) / Guernsey Police

They were the eighth and ninth drink-drive offences for the 45-year-old, who was jailed for two-and-a-half years in the Royal Court.

Judge Russell Finch also banned him from driving for 15 years in a bid to protect the public.

Byrne, who had previously given his address as Naigy Contan, Retot, Castel, pleaded guilty to two counts of drink-driving, two of driving without insurance and two of driving while disqualified.

The 10-year driving ban was imposed on 20 September 2007 for drink-driving.

Prior to that he had 50 driving offences on his record from between 1988 and 2007. They include 10 for driving while disqualified, six for drink-driving and 13 for driving without insurance.

Full story in today's Guernsey Press

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