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AN IPSWICH tradesman who refused to give police a breath test has netted himself a jail term and been booted off the road.
Adding insult to injury Geoffrey Phillips was told by an Ipswich Magistrate that his behaviour in front of police had "lowered the bar of stupidity" when he appeared in court on Tuesday.
Geoffrey Ronald Phillips, 44, a dad of four from Brassall, was sentenced on six charges that relate to two lots of traffic incidents in Dalby in the early hours of Saturday, November 28 last year.
Phillips pleaded guilty to four charges of failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis (roadside and at the Dalby police station); driving when unlicensed; and obstructing police when adversely affected by an intoxicating substance.