John Powell, who was riding along the pavement, said: "I was only doing four miles an hour at the time so I wasn’t going quickly but the police officer told me I’d been causing chaos when he pulled me over. How could I have been causing chaos on a mobility scooter at 4mph? It's walking speed."
Powell, 51, who admitted that he had ‘knocked back a rum or two and a couple of pints of bitter’ said: "The police over-reacted. I don’t regret it as I don't think I was doing anything wrong. You should be allowed to enjoy yourself."
His solicitor Angela Fitzpatrick, told Tameside magistrates: "The reason he had somebody else on his scooter was because she owed him some money and he wanted to be sure of getting it so he was taking her to the bank."
Powell, of Hawkshead Close, Stalybridge, was caught after a pedestrian alerted police. He gave a breath-alcohol reading of 138mg – the legal driving limit is 35mg – after being stopped in Mellor Road in the centre of the town.
Powell, a grandfather-of-two, was fined £50 after admitting drink driving. He wasn’t given driving ban as a licence is not needed for mobility scooter.
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