A motorist caught drink-driving three times in 35 days was reported to the police twice by his own fiancee.
Wojciech Szyszka, 44, was caught while four, five and nearly six times the limit.
He crashed into his fiancee’s car and the couple’s garden wall on the final occasion, before he was finally remanded in custody.
He was more than four times the limit the first time he was caught and more than five times the legal limit on the second occasion, which was the day he was due in court for the first offence.
By the time he was caught a third time his reading had increased again and he was almost exactly six times over the legal limit.
At Dundee Sheriff Court, Szyszka was banned from driving for four years and ordered to carry out 220 hours unpaid work in the community.
He also had his car forfeited by the court and sentence was deferred in relation to one of the cases against him.
He was granted bail.
First offence
The court was told Szyszka was caught drunk at the wheel of his VW Touran on February 2, February 17 and March 7 this year.
Fiscal depute Lee Corr told the court: “On 2 February he had consumed alcohol at his home address.
“He informed his partner he was going to a nearby supermarket to purchase alcohol.
“The accused left in his vehicle.
“Police were contacted and a report was made that he was driving under the influence of alcohol.
“The accused traced the vehicle and saw he was the sole occupant.
“He drove off to his own property at Seaforth Road in Broughty Ferry.”
He gave a positive breath test but told police: “I did not drink and drive.”
He was released by police on an undertaking and told to appear in court later.
2nd and 3rd offences
Mr Corr said: “The second offence took place on 17 February when a report was received at the control room that a vehicle was seen being driven by a man who was under the influence of alcohol.
“Police officers stated he had slurred speech, was unsteady on his feet and smelled of alcohol.”
He told the court Szszka’s partner was at home at 6.30pm on March 7 when she looked out and saw the accused entering their driveway in the same car.
“The accused was seen to move the car back and forward in the driveway and he collided with the garden wall and his partner’s vehicle, causing minor damage.
“He entered the property and his partner smelled alcohol from him so she called police.
“He was arrested and taken to police HQ in Dundee.”
‘Under stress’
Joiner Szszka admitted drink-driving on February 2 (93 mics), February 17 (119 mics), and March 7 (130 mics). The legal limit is 22 mics.
Solicitor Nicky Brown, defending, said: “The family were under stress at the time.
“What we have is a spate of serious offending in a short period of time.
“He has reacted in the worst possible way to the stress.
“It will not have escaped the court’s attention that it was his fiance who reported him on two occasions.”
