A driver from Northfleet who drove down the A2 whilst three times over the limit has been sentenced to 180 days in prison, suspended for two years.

Robert Tomasz Bis was sentenced on 7 March 2017 at Medway Magistrates’ Court.

The 31-year-old from Northfleet pleaded guilty to driving without insurance, driving while disqualified and drink driving.

On February 17, Bis, of Brook Road, Northfleet, drove a Ford Focus on the A2 while disqualified and with no insurance.

He gave a breath test of 148 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes.

Magistrates sentenced Bis to 180 days in prison, suspended for 24 months, banned him from driving for five years, ordered him to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work in the next 12 months and gave him a six month curfew to remain at home between 9pm and 6am daily.

The curfew runs until 6 September 2017. He must also pay £85 costs and a £115 victim surcharge.