A fisherman from Barra who was seven times the drink drive limit and crashed a van in Mallaig has been jailed for six months at Fort William Sheriff Court.
John James Edward Christie, from Castlebay, appeared from custody before Sheriff Gary Aitken on Tuesday this week.
Christie, 33, had pleaded guilty that on September 17 this year in Fank Brae and Station Road in Mallaig, and other roads in between, he had driven the vehicle with a breath alcohol level of 154mgs in 100mls of breath. The legal limit is 22mgs of alcohol in 100mls of breath.