An 84-year-old motorist from Saundersfoot has been told it will be difficult for him to ever get his driving licence back, after he admitted an offence of drink-driving this week.

Alan John Richards, of Westfield Court, appeared at Haverfordwest magistrates on Tuesday, to plead guilty to the charge.

Prosecutor Vaughan Pritchard-Jones told the court that it was 4.30 pm on a Sunday afternoon, on August 21, when police officers on routine patrol stop checked Mr. Richards’s Ford Fiesta near to his home.

“They could smell intoxicants on the defendant, who had been disqualified before in the last 10 years,” he explained.

Defence solicitor Mike Kelleher told magistrates that the facts were accepted and that his client foolishly decided to take the car out as it was a wet and rainy day.

“He has put his car up for sale as he doesn’t intend to drive again, but it would be difficult to get his licence back anyway in three years time,” he said.

Magistrates disqualified Mr. Richards from driving for three years, fined him £120 and ordered him to pay costs of £85 and a £30 victim surcharge.