A DRINK-driver was found slumped over the wheel of his car on a services slip road near York.

Adam Michael Sharp was two and a half times the drink drive limit at 8.30am on December 17, said Cathy Turnbull, prosecuting.

York magistrates heard that in a separate incident Sharp, 30, was clocked doing 103mph on the A64 dual carriageway at Whitwell-on-the-Hill.

Maria Brannan, mitigating, said sharp was a wind turbine engineer who maintained wind turbines in several countries. The loss of his licence would probably cost him his job, she said. Sharp, of Centenary Road, Goole, pleaded guilty to drink driving at Bilbrough services and speeding on July 18.

Magistrates banned him from driving for 20 months, ordered him to do 120 hours’ unpaid work, fined him £577 and ordered him to pay £170 costs and an £85 statutory surcharge.

Ms Turnbull said a member of the public tipped off police that Sharp was unconscious in his car with the engine running on the slip road of Bilbrough services. A breath test revealed he had 92 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.

Ms Brannan said Sharp used his licence extensively in his work.

After two weeks offshore without access to alcohol, he had visited bars in York city centre on December 16.

The next morning, he hadn’t checked how long it had been since his last drink before getting into his car. He had pulled into a layby to sleep after a short distance. The speeding had been downhill at 8pm, she said. No-one else was involved and other than the speed, there was no evidence of bad driving.