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January 18, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

A 44-year-old self-confessed alcoholic narrowly escaped going to jail when he pleaded guilty in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on Thursday to two high-range drink-driving charges.<\/p>\n

Glenn Vincent Andrew blew 0.245 when he was stopped by police at 5:05am in Kingaroy Street on August 31 last year.<\/p>\n

Then on October 21 he was stopped in the same street at 4:00pm and found to be 0.314.<\/p>\n

On the second occasion, he told police he would probably be going to jail.<\/p>\n

Police Prosecutor Sgt Wayne Bushell said Andrew had a long history of drink-driving offences.<\/p>\n

“I am aware of Mr Andrew and he has significant health issues however the public needs to be protected,” Sgt Bushell said.<\/p>\n

“The second offence puts him into the position where a term of imprisonment has to be imposed. He is an alcoholic and can’t help himself, and in these circumstances the community must be protected.”<\/p>\n

Mr Mark Werner, for Andrew, said it had to be conceded his client had a poor traffic history in regards to drink-driving. He had faced charges in 1986, 1995, 2001, 2003 and 2009.<\/p>\n

“He does have an alcohol addiction. \u00a0He suffers from cirrhosis and his body can hardly process alcohol any more,” Mr Werner said.<\/p>\n

He asked the court to focus on rehabilitation as “an alcoholic who is driving will always be over the limit”.<\/p>\n

“Mr Andrew must cease alcohol 100 per cent,” he said.<\/p>\n

Reference letters were tendered to the court from Andrew’s wife, who has cancer, and his 12-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n

Magistrate Mark Bucknall said the second charge attracted a mandatory period of imprisonment.<\/p>\n

“It seems the reason for your offending arises from an unfortunate addiction which is well-documented in your medical history,” Mr Bucknall said.<\/p>\n

“You should feel great distress reading the letter from your daughter … she wants to see her Dad healthy and sober again.”<\/p>\n

But he had to strike a balance between deterrent and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

On the first charge, he sentenced Andrew to four months’ imprisonment, wholly suspended for two years, and disqualified him from driving for 2 1\/2 years.<\/p>\n

On the second charge, Andrew was sentenced to 12 months’ jail, to be served as an Intensive Correction Order in the community. He was disqualified from driving for three years.<\/p>\n

Mr Werner said Andrew had been accepted into a seven-day detox program and then would go to a seven-month live-in program at the Salvation Army’s Fairhaven facility to try to clear himself entirely from alcohol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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