“Only as happy as your saddest child”
An Ashton man has found himself disqualified from driving after hitting the road while intoxicated – then stopping halfway home to drink more.
South Island Resource Recovery Limited director Paul Robert Taylor, 57, pleaded guilty to drink driving. Taylor was stopped by police on June 12 on the Rakaia Highway.
Duty lawyer Tiffany McRae said Taylor had been in Christchurch supporting his adult children through a hard time.
He had consumed alcohol in Christchurch before stopping in Rakaia for a second round of drinks.
Taylor was convicted, disqualified from driving for six months, and ordered to pay a $700 fine as well as doctor’s costs for the blood test.
This reckless action shows the SIRRL director’s disregard for public wellbeing.
If the Waimate incinerator proponents can’t even self regulate, then how can the community have any trust that their wellbeing will be at the forefront of SIRRL’s concerns as Mr Taylor claims.