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Subscriber only A man was caught drink driving at more than three times the normal limit while subject to having an interlock device fitted to his car for previous offending. An Ipswich court heard Sukhdev Singh was pulled over at 1am on April 2 in Gatton, blowing 0.172. Sukhdev Singh, 29, from Gatton, pleaded guilty in Ipswich Magistrates Court to driving under the influence of alcohol; and driving without an interlock device fitted. Prosecutor Sergeant Paul Caldwell said police intercepted Singh on Golf Links Drive. Checks revealed the driver was subject to a licence condition that he must have an ignition interlock device fitted from February 3, 2021 until February 2, 2023.
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Alarm bells went off when police noticed a car being driven suspiciously slowly through a car park at Redbank Plains.
Ipswich Magistrates Court heard the driver, Daniel Pauley, was breath tested and confirmed police suspicions, registering 0.112 – more than double the normal alcohol limit.
Daniel Blair Pauley, 42, from Redbank Plains, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to drink driving when on a probationary licence in Redbank Plains on March 17.
His alcohol reading should have been zero because of his licence status.
Prosecutor Senior Constable Bride O’Shea said it was just after 6pm when police saw a black Holden Cruze sedan being driven “in an excessively slow manner” in the carpark.