A WORKER at Tankersley Manor Hotel arrested for drink driving ended up in the pub within 30 minutes of being banned from licensed premises by the police, Barnsley Magistrates' Court was told.
Andrew Ford, 38, who has been a conference assistant at the hotel since July, went from the police station to Chennels on Wellington Street to meet friends, said Chantel Lowery-Green, prosecuting.
She said Ford, of Laithes Lane, Athersley North, had been given a blanket ban on going to pubs after being granted bail.
Ford had been arrested after driving from a pub after a drinking session and narrowly missing a wall. She said he was 'very drunk, slurring his words and staggering'.
Philip Stables, defending, said: "Mr Ford left the police station clutching his bail document without reading it in detail. He called his friends because they were concerned about him.
"He found out they were in the pub and went to meet them. It was only when he looked at the paperwork that he realised he was banned from all pubs and that he had breached bail."
Ford, who admitted drink driving and breaching bail, was freed from custody.
His case was adjourned until January 3 for a pre-sentence report.
