Daniel John Burns, 37, was sentenced in the Dunedin District Court yesterday after earlier pleading guilty to refusing to provide a blood specimen and breaching an alcohol-interlock licence.
The court heard that on October 10, the defendant had been playing golf and was driving a friend’s car in Mosgiel.
The vehicle did not have an alcohol interlock device fitted.
He was stopped by police in Gordon Rd and admitted to officers he had consumed alcohol before driving.
Burns failed the passive breath test.
During the breath screening test he twice attempted to drink from two open beer cans in the car.
The test revealed a result of "over 400mcg" and Burns was required to accompany officers to the station.
There he refused all breath and blood alcohol testing procedures.
He said driving the vehicle without an alcohol interlock device was "stupid" and denied telling police he was intoxicated before driving.
In less than two years Burns had racked up these new charges, another charge of refusing to provide a blood specimen charge and a drink-driving charge.
Yesterday, Judge Emma Smith described his behaviour as "arrogant".
Judge Smith said he did not need a rehabilitative sentence.
She sentenced him to two months’ community detention, 60 hours’ community work and ordered him to pay court costs of $142.
Burns was also disqualified from driving for six months, after which he would have to apply for an alcohol interlock licence.
