A PIPE layer "trying out" a moped the morning after the night before, has paid the price with his second driving ban.

Burnley magistrates heard how Anthony Robinson, 24, had a previous conviction for failing to provide a specimen. He has now lost his licence for three years, after admitting driving with excess alcohol and without insurance and a driving licence.

Robinson, of Shackleton Street, Burnley, was also fined £100.

John Wood, prosecuting, said a breath test showed 42 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres - the legal limit is 35.

Mark Williams, defending, said Robinson was just trying out the moped in a back street and had not been intending to drive it further.

The defendant had not been drinking that day, but had been out the night before and had a lot of alcohol. He was only just over the limit.

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