Footballer banned from the road
A FOOTBALLER from Ipswich has been banned from driving for the second time after being caught drunk while behind the wheel of his brother's car.
Helen Skene
A FOOTBALLER from Ipswich has been banned from driving for the second time after being caught drunk while behind the wheel of his brother's car.
Tesfaye Bramble was warned by South East Suffolk magistrates that he could be jailed if he was caught driving on the roads in the next three years.
The court heard Bramble, was driving the Range Rover belonging to former Ipswich Town player Titus Bramble when police stopped him in Avondale Road, Ipswich.
You may also want to watch:
The former Stevenage footballer, who is currently injured, drank two vodka and Red Bulls within 20 minutes at the Gainsborough Labour Club in Landseer Road before driving.
Andrea Reynolds, prosecuting at South East Suffolk Magistrates' Court said the 27-year-old of Stone Lodge Lane, Ipswich had 45 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 micrograms.
Most Read
- 1 Members of 'notorious' Ipswich gang jailed for 19 years
- 2 Updated: Bury Road reopened after two car collision near BMW garage
- 3 Life sentence for man who stabbed and left woman in field near Ipswich
- 4 Ipswich council faces financial black hole over empty BHS store
- 5 Man dies after being struck by lorry near A12
- 6 Semi-pro footballer ready to kickstart Football Fun Factory in Ipswich
- 7 Driver presses ahead with police complaint despite losing speeding trial
- 8 Matchday Recap: Aluko brace not enough as Blues draw at Cambridge
- 9 Ipswich train services cancelled due to signalling system fault
- 10 New details emerge about diesel spill which closed A14 for 12 hours
- For more on this story see tonight's Evening Star.
