Overview
- PC Ted Andrews, 19, pleaded guilty at Oxford Magistrates' Court on November 4 and received a 16-month driving ban, a £250 fine, a £100 surcharge and £85 costs.
- The off-duty officer was stopped on September 20 on Swindon's Magic Roundabout and recorded 59 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath against the legal limit of 35.
- Wiltshire Police has confirmed the Skoda he was driving struck roadside furniture, clarifying earlier references to a breakdown.
- Andrews was suspended on September 22 and remains under an accelerated internal misconduct process while still in his probationary period.
- Deputy Chief Constable Mark Cooper condemned the conduct as risking public safety and undermining confidence in policing.