Whiskey nips prove costly for driver
Premium Content Subscriber only Four nips of whiskey in a four-hour time frame landed a man in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Monday. Ryan John Lambert, 29, pleaded guilty to driving over the general alcohol limit. Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Lambert’s case to the court and Acting Magistrate Ron Muirhead. At midnight on February 16, Gladstone police were conducting patrols on the Dawson Hwy when they intercepted Lambert driving a silver Subaru sedan. Police observed him to be slurring his words and police could detect the smell of liquor on his breath.