Remigijus Katinas was so drunk he could not stand unaided after police hauled him out of his car.
A drunk driver has been jailed after speeding the wrong way down a dual carriageway with two flat tyres.
He was jailed for 16 months, banned from driving for two years and eight months – and will have to take an extended retest before he can drive again.Police were called at 12.20am on 26 December by a motorist who saw a car leave the Beacon Hill service station on the A140 and enter the eastbound carriageway of the A14 travelling in the wrong direction.
Katinas told police he had spent the evening with friends in Little Stonham and had intended to drive home to Thetford. ‘He is a man of previous good character with a partner and three children. He is in full time employment trying to provide for his family.’DI Jim Gooding, who was on duty in an unmarked police car when Katinas drove towards him, said: ‘The vehicle approaching had its full beam lights on and it took me a moment to work out which lane it was in and therefore what evasive action I should take.
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