A CREWKERNE man who was stopped by police on his motorbike was found to be nearly three times over the drink drive limit, despite telling them he had had nothing to drink.

The police were on patrol in Yeovil when they saw Jamie Lee Gosney swerving across the middle of the road.

When they eventually pulled him over he failed a roadside breath test.

After being arrested he later confessed he had been out drinking with friends.

He said he got a late night phone call from his girlfriend who had just been released from hospital and wanted to see him as she was in pain.

He said he had done a really stupid thing and had “behaved like an idiot.”

Gosney, 19, of East Street, admitted driving a motorcycle at Yeovil after consuming excess alcohol on November 14 when he appeared before Somerset Magistrates.

Prosecutor Nick Bradley said that a police officer was on patrol on Lysander Road in Yeovil when he saw a 125cc motorcycle travelling over the speed limit.

He followed it and it slowed down but was moving from side to side and crossing the central lines before turning left onto Queensway,” he said.

“He was unsteady and on Reckleford he had difficulty in keeping in a straight line on the road and was then stopped in Goldcroft.”

A roadside breath test was positive.

Gosney told the police he had had nothing to drink.

However at the police station he took a further breath test which produced a reading of 103mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath.

The legal limit is 35mcg of alcohol.

Defending solicitor John Killah said that Gosney had been out drinking with friends.

He said he was not expecting to ride his bike however he got a phone call from his girlfriend who had just been released from hospital.

“She said she was in pain and asked Gosney if he was able to come and see her but had no idea he had been drinking,” he said.

Mr Killah added that the real punishment for the defendant would be the loss of his licence.

He said it would make life extremely difficult for Gosney as his girlfriend lived in Yeovil and he had family in Weymouth.

He said it would also make it difficult for the defendant to get back into the jobs market.

The magistrates banned Gosney from driving for 26 months and sentenced him to a 12 month community order with a requirement to carry out 100 hours unpaid work.

Gosney was also ordered to pay a £60 victim surcharge and a £150 court charge, but no costs were imposed.