{"id":366558,"date":"2025-08-23T06:23:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T06:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/366558\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T06:23:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T06:23:29","slug":"port-glasgow-oap-banned-after-drink-driving-on-anniversary-of-his-wifes-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/366558\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Glasgow OAP banned after drink-driving on anniversary of his wife’s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

A PORT Glasgow pensioner was caught at\u00a0the wheel four-and-a-half times the legal booze limit after drinking on the anniversary of his wife\u2019s death.<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Galloway was pulled over by police on Kilmacolm Road after concerned members of the public saw him staggering when he got out of his vehicle.<\/p>\n

The 73-year-old told officers his behaviour was \u2018just stupid\u2019, Greenock<\/a> Sheriff Court heard.<\/p>\n

Galloway provided a breath sample on July 20 this year which had a reading of 99 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath.<\/p>\n

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The legal limit in Scotland is just 22 microgrammes.<\/p>\n

The procurator fiscal depute said police were asked to attend Dubbs Road at around 2pm after receiving reports from members of the public that a man had been seen getting out of a car and staggering.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThe vehicle was spotted by police at the Dubbs Road roundabout, exiting at the Kilmacolm exit, and was asked to stop.<\/p>\n

“Police officers noticed a strong smell of alcohol and said the driver\u00a0was unsteady.<\/p>\n

Officers took a positive roadside breath sample from David Morrison on Kilmacolm Road.\u00a0(Image: PA) “He provided a breath sample which was positive for alcohol, and was taken to Greenock police station where he provided a specimen and was cautioned and charged.”<\/p>\n

The prosecutor added that that police reported Galloway said: \u201cJust stupid, I thought it was fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gerry Keenan, defending, told Sheriff Anthony McGeehan: “Mr Galloway is a widower and\u00a0July 19 was the anniversary of his wife\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

“He was drinking more than he had intended to into the early hours of the morning, and drove his vehicle to the shops.<\/p>\n

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“There is nothing in his record that is of concern. This incident was directly linked to the anniversary.<\/p>\n

“He doesn\u2019t have any problem in terms of use of alcohol, and he tendered a plea of guilty at the first available opportunity.”<\/p>\n

Sheriff McGeehan told Galloway: “I noticed that you stated to officers that it was \u2018just stupid\u2019 and I would agree.<\/p>\n

“This was high risk behaviour should you have been involved in an accident, and more importantly, for other road users and pedestrians who may have been involved in an accident.<\/p>\n

David Morrison was sentenced at Greenock Sheriff Court. (Image: George Munro) “However, you are 73, and this is a\u00a0first offence.”<\/p>\n

Galloway was fined\u00a0\u00a3400 reduced from \u00a3600 with a victim surcharge of \u00a320 added, payable at \u00a350 per month.<\/p>\n

He was banned from holding or obtaining a licence for 12 months, the minimum period allowed under the law, and must attend a drink driving rehabilitation course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A PORT Glasgow pensioner was caught at\u00a0the wheel four-and-a-half times the legal booze limit after drinking on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,128364,128365,918,4884,128367,128369,128368,28379,712,128366,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-366558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-david-galloway","10":"tag-david-morrison","11":"tag-glasgow","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-greenock-sheriff-court","14":"tag-microgrammes","15":"tag-mr-galloway","16":"tag-police-officers","17":"tag-scotland","18":"tag-sheriff-court","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115076648339115297","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}