A DRINK-driver who forced another motorist to take "evasive action" because he was on the wrong side of the road has been fined.

Keiron Manuel, of Station Road in Pentre Broughton, appeared at Wrexham Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

The 35-year-old admitted that on October 21, he drove an Audi motor vehicle on Wrexham Road in Brynteg after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in his breath exceeded the prescribed limit.

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Prosecutor Justin Espie told the court that on the evening in question, concerns were raised after the defendant was driving without any lights were on.

Police received a call stating his vehicle was also seen travelling on the wrong side of the road, and that the caller had to take 'evasive action.'

When police stopped Manuel, he gave a positive reading for alcohol at the roadside and then a reading of 79 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath in custody - the limit being 35.

Andrew Holliday, defending, told the court: "He is working all around the world at the moment and is involved in building ports.

"He understands this will be a mandatory ban and that he shouldn't have done it."

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Mr Holliday said his client was "fully compliant" with the police throughout the breath analysis procedure.

Manuel was fined £1,000 for the offence and must also pay a £400 victim surcharge, as well as £85 costs.

He was banned from driving for three years.