Jail for four months and a ban from driving for six years has been awarded to a lorry driver who downed 20 measures of vodka in just 90 minutes and drove along one of Scotland's most dangerous roads.
Forty eight year old, Kevin Walker, was almost five times over the drink-drive limit when he was breathalysed after his heavy goods vehicle was spotted veering from side to side on the A9 last month.
Walker had only been back on the road for six months after completing a previous disqualification for drink-driving. He had been banned for two years and ordered to carry out 200 hours' community service at Airdrie Sheriff Court in February 2009.
For his previous conviction, Walker, who had narrowly avoided being sent to prison, had been planning to drive a further 115 miles when he was intercepted at Dunkeld, Perthshire, while delivering scrapped car parts.