A DRUNK driver, six times over the limit, was brought to a halt by an HGV driver on the M90 near Dunfermline.

The lorry driver blocked Rafal Pawelkiewicz, who was heavily-intoxicated after a drinking session in Edinburgh.

The Rosyth Dockyard worker had gone there for a date but when the woman did not turn up, he began boozing before driving back to West Fife.

Pawelkiewicz, 42, of Hilton Road, Rosyth, appeared in the dock at Dunfermline Sheriff Court, accompanied by a translator.

He admitted that on January 31, on the M90 at Halbeath Junction, he drove a car having consumed excess alcohol.

His reading was 130 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 miililitres of breath, the legal limit being 22 microgrammes.

Depute fiscal Laura McManus said the incident took place at 8.15pm.

She went on: “His vehicle had been blocked by a HGV lorry due to the manner of his driving. Police were called.”

Defence solicitor James Moncrieff said: “He’d gone to Edinburgh to meet a female from a dating site but she stood him up. He was upset about this and consumed a quantity of alcohol before driving back to Fife.

“He was intending to go to McDonald’s. He has to accept this was a very high reading.”

Sheriff James Macdonald described the offending as “utterly abhorrent”.

He imposed a fine of £2075 and a driving ban of 20 months.