A VAN driver who hit a car waiting at the Fishnish ferry terminal while almost seven times over the legal limit for alcohol has been banned from driving for 32 months and fined £500.
Donald Milne Kearney, 61, of Flat 2, Seanivan, Banavie, Fort William, pleaded guilty to driving a van on the A884 Fishnish Ferry Road, Mull, on Sunday April 30, after consuming so much alcohol that a test measured 142mg in 100ml of his breath, when the legal limit is 22mg.
Procurator fiscal Eoin McGinty told Oban Sheriff Court on Monday May 8: ‘Three witnesses were sitting in their car waiting for a ferry. The time was 4.55pm. ‘As they sat there, a van collided with the rear of their vehicle, causing damage to both vehicles.