Drink driver caught in March is jailed for two offences

A provisional licence holder caught twice for drink driving has been jailed.

Gigel Matei (32) was first caught by officers in March at just after 1am on October 28, thanks to a call from a CCTV operator, who saw him driving his Vauxhall Corsa in a strange manner in High Street.

When officers pulled Matei over, he presented a provisional licence and a roadside breath test returned a reading of 71mgs, more than twice the legal limit (35mgs).

However, just two weeks later, while on bail, Matei was again seen driving erratically, in Cambridge on November 11.

A witness described him as swerving onto the wrong side of the road at high speed, before losing control and crashing into a house. This time he blew a reading of 111mgs.

Matei, of Turpyn Court, Cambridge, admitted two counts of drink driving, driving without insurance, driving without a licence and one of driving without a valid test certificate and criminal damage.

He was sentenced to 14 months in prison and banned from driving for 41 months at Cambridge Crown Court on Friday, January 3. He will also need to sit an extended retest.

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