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A skipper who steered a New Years Eve cruise into a sandbank has given a bizarre reason for why he got so drunk - claiming he thought his alcoholic beverages was a soft drink.

Premium Content 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 p...

Premium Content Subscriber only 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 sho...