A man has been banned from driving after being caught drunk at the wheel with children in his car.
Ananthakumar Kumar Thavayogan, 36, of Burlington Road, New Malden, was three times over the legal limit when he was stopped on September 10 in his own street.
He pleaded guilty to driving over the alcohol limit, being drunk and in charge of a child under seven and driving with a child under 14 not wearing a seatbelt when he appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, September 25.
He was disqualified for two years, ordered to carry out 80 hours of unpaid work, made to pay £85 in costs and a £60 victim surcharge.
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