Ingham court: Jacob Chivers pleads guilty to drink driving

A Townsville man has learned the dangers of driving the day after a big session on the beers after he was busted drink driving.

Jacob Henry Chivers outside the Ingham Magistrates Court on Thursday. The Townsville man pleaded guilty to driving over the middle alcohol limit but not the high limit. Picture: Cameron Bates

A Townsville man has learned the dangers of driving the day after a big session on the beers after he was busted drink driving.

Jacob Henry Chivers pleaded guilty in the Ingham Magistrates Court on Thursday to driving over the middle-alcohol level on Cartwright Street on Saturday, July 30.

Queensland Police Service prosecutor Sophie Roseby said Chivers was stopped for a roadside breath test about 4pm.

“He did say he had consumed two drinks two to three minutes prior to driving and was asked to wait in his vehicle, he was then asked to wait in his vehicle.”

She said Chivers blow over 0.1 per cent when he was tested at 4.18pm.

Jacob Chivers outside the Ingham Magistrates Court on Thursday. Picture: Cameron Bates

“He was taken back to the station (where) he did state that he had attended Ingham Bowls Club on Ann Street where he had consumed about six or seven mid-strength beers between approximately 10.30am to 4pm,” she said.

“He also stated that in that 24-hour period from when he started drinking the day prior till now he had consumed about 20 beers.”

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Magistrate Richard Lehmann summarised the charge.

“So you went out the night before and then the next afternoon you had a couple of beers, didn’t think about the fact it would still be in your system and you just kept topping yourself up, is that what basically happened?”

“Yes,” Chivers replied, “I had basically less than a handful of drinks the whole day.”

Magistrate Lehmann said the reading was the result of what occurred drinking after a big night, adding it took a good 12 hours to leave the system.

Chivers, who was self-represented, said his previous drink-drive conviction from six years ago was from a time when he was “just young and a bit stupid”.

He was convicted, fined $750 and disqualified from driving for six months.

Originally published as Ingham court: Jacob Chivers pleads guilty to drink driving