Whaplode man loses driving licence after falling off motorbike at McDonald’s drive-thru at Spalding

A civil engineer spotted falling off his motorbike at a drive-thru restaurant has been banned from the roads.

Whaplode resident Kameron Bailey refused to provide police with a specimen for analysis when officers he believed he could have been over the drink drive limit on April 27.

“It was the early hours at the McDonald’s restaurant in Spalding when he was seen on CCTV to fall off his bike,” prosecutor Kerry Close told Boston Magistrates’ Court.

“Staff noticed he seemed intoxicated and police were called.

“He was being uncooperative. It was a deliberate refusal.”

Twenty-year-old Bailey, of Cobgate, pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen for analysis when he appeared at court on Wednesday (May 14).

In defence, Daven Naghen said his client accepted the charge but was not used to police protocol.

“He has no previous convictions,” he told the court.

“Police were asking questions but he didn’t have the answers as he didn’t know what was being asked.

“He was the architect of his own downfall but was probably just young and immature.”

Mr Naghen added the defendant did not know whether losing his driving licence would cost him his job at the time of the hearing.

“You’re not the first person to fall off a motorbike, but in refusing to do a breath test you have committed an offence,” Judge Daniel Church told Bailey.

“Clearly maturity played a part in your decision making, but I hope you can keep your job.

“Don’t put yourself or any other people at risk by drink driving.”

Bailey was banned from the roads for two years, which could be reduced by 24 weeks if he completes a drink driver rehabilitation course.

He was also handed a 12-month community order, including 120 hours of unpaid work, and ordered to pay a £114 victim surcharge and £85 costs.