A DALGETY BAY man was almost three times the limit when stopped by police.
Derek Mason, 51, of Steeple Crescent, appeared in the dock at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.
He admitted that on 30th January, in Steeple Crescent, he drove a car after consuming excess alcohol.
His reading was 64 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the legal limit being 22 microgrammes.
Depute fiscal Jane Rennie said: "At around 7pm, police officers pulled over the accused in relation to another matter. The officers could detect a strong smell of alcohol."
Mason failed a breath test and was arrested.
Defence solicitor Barbara Collie said her client had a clean licence and had been driving for 25 years.
Sheriff Craig McSherry fined Mason £700 and banned him from driving for 12 months.
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