Adamo Carbone: Penshurst aspiring solicitor in drink drive shame
A wannabe solicitor was ‘glazed, sluggish’ and his shirt stained with red wine when he was pulled over by cops while two times over the drink drive limit. Not only that, the 23-year-old’s licence was suspended for unpaid fines.
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An aspiring solicitor has wound up on the wrong side of the bar table after he was caught drink driving at almost twice the legal limit while his licence was suspended for unpaid fines.
Final year law student Adamo Carbone, 23, was charged with mid range drink driving, driving while suspended and failing to update his address after police observed him driving above the speed limit on Forest Rd in Penshurst in April 24 and pulled him over.
Magistrate Jayeann Carney at Sutherland Local Court said the subsequent breath analysis returned a blood alcohol result of 0.099.
“He stated he had consumed two glasses of red wine in two hours at a home in Cecil Hills,” Ms Carney said.
“Police formed the opinion the accused was well affected by alcohol.”
The court heard officers could smell intoxicating liquor on Carbone’s breath and his movement was sluggish, his eyes were glazed and bloodshot, and his shirt was stained with red wine after his friend spilt it on him at the night’s end.
The Carlton man pleaded guilty to all three offences and was convicted, disqualified from driving for six months and fined $1700.
Carbone’s solicitor said he would be eligible for admission as a solicitor in 2020 and “would not be before this court again apart from representing people who have been charged with offences”.
Ms Carney rejected Carbone’s assertion he had not been aware he was over the limit when he got behind the wheel.
“This is not a trivial matter – driving on a public street means you have to make careful decisions because you are driving a machine,” Ms Carney said.
“If you go out and have a few drinks, don’t drive a vehicle.”
Carbone had told the court he had not received his fine and suspension notices due to a change in address.
He currently works for Commonwealth Bank and in his family’s business in Roselands.
“I was irresponsible and I deeply regret my actions,” Carbone wrote in a letter to the court.