FORT WILLIAM Sheriff Court heard last week how a Lochaber man had lost both his job and home after being caught nearly three times the drink-drive limit.
William Downs, 33, then of Shielfoot, Acharacle, but who now lives in Lanarkshire, had pleaded guilty earlier to the offence which took place on July 7 last year at Shielfoot.
Downs, who represented himself in court, told Sheriff Eilidh MacDonald he had been in the local hotel consoling a friend experiencing a difficult time and had intended leaving his vehicle in the hotel car park and walking the four miles home to his wife and young daughter.