Caught drink driving 11 times and now he cannot drive until 2023

Man with an extraordinary history of drink driving slammed by magistrate after being caught again. Here’s why he did it.

Lance Christian Larsen has been caught drink driving 11 times. Picture: Lea Emery

A PLASTERER who was caught drunk behind the wheel for the eleventh time has been banned from holding a licence until 2023.

Lance Christian Larsen, 48, has previously been convicted for drink driving five times in Western Australia, four times in Queensland and once in the Northern Territory.

He faced Southport Magistrates Court today and pleaded guilty to yet another drink driving charge and for driving while his licence was disqualified.

Magistrate Kay Philipson warned Larsen he needed to “wake up to himself”.

“It is extremely concerning that you have this very long history of drink driving,” she said.

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Larsen was caught by police with a blood alcohol reading of 0.104 per cent on Cotlew Street, Ashmore about 6.45am on December 20.

He told officers he was trying to get to work.

Larsen was banned from driving until April 2020 in May last year.

Magistrate Philipson today extended the ban for another three years.

She also sentenced Larsen to three months prison suspended for nine months and placed him on probation for a year.

Magistrate Philipson urged him to get help for his alcoholism.

“I would hate to think what your liver looks like,” she said.

Larsen’s lawyer Michael McMillan, of McMillan Criminal Law, said Larsen worked full-time as a plasterer.

He said he would benefit from supervision in the community to help with his alcohol problem.