A Dunfermline man, who crashed his van into a parked car while eight times over the drink-drive limit, is finally behind bars having repeatedly dodged jail.

Mohammed Aslam, 40, was given numerous chances to avoid prison having breached a community payback order.

He was then put on a ‘tag’ which he ignored on a daily basis.

Aslam had committed a similar drink-driving offence in 2020 when he was almost six times over the limit.

Aslam, of Whitelaw Road, appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court by video-link from prison.

Last October Aslam was told he was being given a “last chance” of avoiding jail.

He was initially given 200 hours of unpaid work, then another 50 hours because of his lack of compliance.

On that occasion, having breached the order again, Sheriff Susan Duff told Aslam: “You made a choice not to comply with the order. You don’t get to make that choice.”

She extended the order by another six months for him to complete the unpaid work and imposed a six-month restriction of liberty order.

Aslam ignored that ‘tag’ on 15 separate occasions between August and September. He also cut it off on one occasion.

Defence solicitor Aime Allan said Aslam’s explanation for the breaches was that he “did not want to drink alcohol in front of his children” and so left the house to do so.

Back in front of Sheriff Duff, Aslam was jailed for 11 weeks. The ‘tag’ order was revoked but the community payback order with unpaid work will continue.

Aslam had admitted that on September 5 last year in Duncan Crescent, he drove carelessly and collided with a Vauxhall Zafira parked there.

He also admitted he drove after consuming excess alcohol. His reading was 176 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the legal limit being 22 microgrammes.

Last October, Sheriff Andrew Berry told Aslam: “The condition in which you drove was completely unforgiveable. You could have caused a death or a lifelong injury and misery to other people.

He said he had considered a jail sentence but would give Aslam “a last chance”.

He imposed a community payback order with 200 hours of unpaid work and six months of supervision. Aslam was also banned from driving for three years and until he passes the extended test.

In January 2020, Aslam appeared in the same court, having been found slumped over his steering wheel near his home when almost six times over the limit.

On that occasion, he was ordered him to do 160 hours of unpaid work and banned from driving for 16 months.