A Ditchling man, who was stopped by police after failing to appear at court for a previous drink driving offence, was found by officers to have been driving whilst over the alcohol limit again.
Kamal Tossoun was arrested on 22 March at the BP garage off the A23 at Pyecombe, where a roads policing sergeant walked past him and noticed he smelt of alcohol.
After witnessing him place the keys into the ignition of his Vauxhall Combo van, the officer went to speak to him, and Tossoun admitted he had consumed alcohol.
He failed a roadside breath test and was subsequently arrested and charged with driving with 57mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath in his system. The legal limit is 35mcg.
He was due to attend court on 23 June but failed to appear, resulting in a warrant being authorised for his arrest.
Then in the early hours of June 30, police received information that another vehicle registered to Tossoun – a Fiat Ducato – was in the Ditchling area.
Officers responded and pulled him over, and again he failed a roadside breath test. This time he had 75mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath in his system – more than twice the legal limit.
The 61-year-old, of Spatham Lane, Ditchling, was remanded in custody to appear before Brighton Magistrates’ Court later that day, where he was disqualified from driving for three years.
He was also ordered to complete 140 hours of unpaid work, and pay £85 costs and a £95 victim surcharge.
Tossoun is the first person to be convicted as part of Surrey and Sussex Police’s summer crackdown on drink and drug-drivers, which ran from Monday 29 June to Sunday 12 July.
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