Drink driver found slumped over his steering wheel in Camberley sentenced
He was arrested during Surrey Police's annual Christmas crackdown
A drunk driver from Frimley who was found slumped over his steering wheel in Camberley has been sentenced.
34 year old Craig Deeprose of White Wood Vale was arrested in the early hours of 7 December after officers saw him in his car with the engine running, on Old Bisley Road.
Officers asked him what he was doing and he told them he was going to drive home and went through the motions to drive off.
His car was also littered with opened and unopened cans of alcohol.
Deeprose was arrested on suspicion of being unfit to drive through drink or drugs and taken into custody.
A breathalyser was inconclusive but after a blood test he was charged with driving with 207mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood – the legal limit being 80mg.
Deeprose pleaded guilty when he appeared at Guildford Magistrates’ Court on 13 March. He was disqualified from driving for 36 months, ordered to pay £85 in costs and £95 in victim surcharge.
He was also ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work
Deeprose was among 186 motorists arrested during Surrey Police’s festive crackdown on drink and drug-drivers, which ran from 1 December to 1 January.
Of these 18 have been convicted, the rest have either been charged, released under investigation or released without charge.
Surrey Police say those convicted are being named as a deterrent.
Who was convicted of drink or drug driving over the Christmas period?
24 year old Brad Appleton of Mill Road, Hillingdon, was arrested on Abbots Way, Chertsey, on 20 December, and was charged with driving with 49mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath in his system.
At Staines Magistrates’ Court on 26 April, he was disqualified from driving for 12 months, ordered to attend a drink driving course, fined £150 and ordered to pay £85 in costs and £34 in victim surcharge.
31 year old Aaron Kentell of Ockford Ridge, Godalming, was arrested on Franklyn Road, on 13 December, and was charged with driving with driving with 97mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath in his system.
At Guildford Magistrate’s Court on 23 February, he was disqualified from driving for 24 months, ordered to pay £85 in costs and £95 in victim surcharge. He was also ordered to complete 80 hours of unpaid work.
38 year old Yusuf Rimdap of Albury Road, Guildford, was arrested on the same road on 21 December, and was charged with driving with 96mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath in his system.
At Guildford Magistrates’ Court on 26 January, he was disqualified from driving for 23 months, fined £634, and ordered to pay £85 in costs and £63 in victim surcharge.
51 year old Andrii Tahaciok of Riverside, Horley, was arrested on Balcombe Road, on 20 December, and was charged with driving with 109mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath in his system.
At Guildford Magistrates’ Court on 26 January of this year, he was disqualified from driving for 25 months, fined £400, and ordered to pay £85 in costs and £40 in victim surcharge.
27 year old Scott Warner of Nelson Close, Walton-on-Thames, was arrested in Cobham, on 18 December, and was charged with driving with 97mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath in his system.
At Guildford Magistrate’s Court on 25 January, he was disqualified from driving for 24 months, ordered to pay £85 in costs and £95 in victim surcharge. He was also ordered to complete 120 hours of unpaid work.
42 year old Natalie Treadaway of Raleigh Drive, Horley, was arrested on Godstone Road, Whyteleafe, on 22 December, and charged with driving with 49mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath in her system.
At Guildford Magistrates’ Court on 18 January, she was disqualified from driving for 14 months, fined £207, ordered to pay £85 in costs and £34 in victim surcharge.
48 year old Gregg Barnes of Woodlands Way, Ashtead, was arrested on Reigate Road in Epsom, on 3 December, after being seen driving erratically. He was charged with failure to provide a specimen for analysis without a reasonable excuse.
At Guildford Magistrates’ Court on 11 January, he was disqualified from driving for 30 months, given 220 hours of community service, ordered to pay £85 in costs and £95 in victim surcharge.
33 year old Calin Tiron of Elston Road, Aldershot, was arrested on Broadmead Road in Woking, on 5 December, and was charged with driving with 45mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath in his system.
At Guildford Magistrates Court on 11 January, he was disqualified from driving for 12 months, fined £500, ordered to pay £85 in costs and £50 in victim surcharge.