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The incident happened on the Dock Spur roundabout at Felixstowe - Credit: GOOGLE MAPS A drunk driver could face jail after he ended up in the middle of a roundabout in Felixstowe while more than three times the alcohol limit.  Magistrates heard how Viktors Sorocins, 59, was seen by a witness driving his BMW 320d on the A14 around 2.30pm on November 8 this year.  Wayne Ablett, prosecuting, said the witness was driving on the A14 approach to the Dock Spur roundabout when she described a BMW "hu...

Appearing at Suffolk Magistrates Court on Tuesday, Grigorjevs, of Wexford Road, Ipswich, pleaded guilty to drink-driving.  Mark Holt, defending, said Grigorjevs made full admissions to police.  "Because the police had not observed him driving, he was interviewed, which is somewhat unusual for a drink-driving allegation," Mr Holt said.  "He fully admitted the offence in interview and he explained why he was not at the scene when the police arrived.  "He went to get assistance from a friend w...

Appearing at Suffolk Magistrates Court on Tuesday, Grigorjevs, of Wexford Road, Ipswich, pleaded guilty to drink-driving.  Mark Holt, defending, said Grigorjevs made full admissions to police.  "Because the police had not observed him driving, he was interviewed, which is somewhat unusual for a drink-driving allegation," Mr Holt said.  "He fully admitted the offence in interview and he explained why he was not at the scene when the police arrived.  "He went to get assistance from a friend w...

Dean Fullman has been banned from driving for 25 months - Credit: Sarah Lucy brown A drink-driver caught at more than three times the limit in Newmarket has been banned from the road for 25 months.  Magistrates in Ipswich heard how Dean Fullman, 43, of Beaverbrook Road, Newmarket, was stopped by police on Sunday, December 13 at 9.40pm.  Officers stopped Fullmans Rover Streetwise in George Lambton Avenue as part of a routine document check, not because of the manner of his driving, Wayne Able...

Daniel Obuhovics tried to steal two coats from M&S in Ipswich - Credit: Archant A shoplifter who attempted to walk out of Marks and Spencer wearing two stolen jackets underneath his own coat has been fined in court.  Daniel Obuhovics, 31, walked into Ipswichs Marks and Spencer store on October 8 and began looking at the coats, magistrates in Ipswich heard.  He then took his own coat off before taking two jackets and putting them both on, Wayne Ablett, prosecuting, told the court.  Obuhovics...

In a pre-sentence report, the probation service said Valembois had been under considerable pressure in the months before the incident, culminating in resignation from her job, and an ill-advised decision to drink and drive.  The probation service said her normally rational decision making and moderate drinking got out of control, but that Valembois had since abstained from alcohol altogether, and that any risks could be managed in the community. Sue Threadkell, mitigating, read magistrates a l...

In a pre-sentence report, the probation service said Valembois had been under considerable pressure in the months before the incident, culminating in resignation from her job, and an ill-advised decision to drink and drive.  The probation service said her normally rational decision making and moderate drinking got out of control, but that Valembois had since abstained from alcohol altogether, and that any risks could be managed in the community. Sue Threadkell, mitigating, read magistrates a l...