Insomniac was over the limit

SEVERE insomniac Carl Hamer has been caught drink-driving – after going out for a ride in the middle of the night.

The 43-year-old has suffered with insomnia since being seriously assaulted last year.

The attack left precision engineer Hamer, of Wilmot Drive, Cross Heath, with a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain.

Now Hamer has been hit with a 22-month driving ban after being caught drink-driving in the early hours of January 5.

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Hamer admitted the offence when he appeared at North Staffordshire Justice Centre yesterday.

The court heard Hamer had been going to park his car on a car park near where he worked in Vale Street, Stoke, when he was pulled over by police.

Hamer gave a breath-test reading of 92 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath – when the legal limit is 35.

As well as the driving ban, Hamer was fined £265 and ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs when he appeared in court yesterday.