The oldest drink driver in the United Kingdom - a Lancashire man - has been banned from the road.
War veteran Rennie Carr, 86, was almost twice the limit when police stopped him.
At first Carr, an ex Royal Navy serviceman, stopped when signalled to by police, but he then set off again.
On Friday, Carr, a widower of Grizedale Road in Blackpool, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol.
Martine Connah, prosecuting, said on July 26 at 11.30pm police saw Carr's silver Honda Prelude weaving all over the road on Blackpool's East Park Drive.
At times, the whole car was on the wrong side of the road.
Stephen Duffy, defending, said his client, who had never been in trouble with the law before, was born in Manchester in 1921 and for many years worked for the Daily Mail.
He was disqualified from driving for 12 months, fined £250, with £60 costs, and ordered by Blackpool Magistrates to pay the £15 surcharge which goes to help victims of crime.
Presiding magistrate, Peter Riddle, said: "It is sad that at your time of life you are before a court."
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