Nottingham Post published Drink-driver nearly crashed after downing four beers when he...

A driver downed four beers after learning that his mother had only a year to live. That led to a 23-month driving ban and a £350 fine for Damian Kos of Leiston Gardens, Top Valley.City magistrates heard that his Volkswagen was swerving around Forest Road at 1.50am and its lights were off."It narrowly avoided a collision with a number of people travelling in the opposite direction. The vehicle was stopped very shortly afterwards and he was established he had been drinking and failed a...