A motorist who spent the afternoon guzzling beer before getting behind the wheel and killing an elderly pedestrian today (October 21) challenged the length of his driving ban.
Robert Finlay, 49, downed seven pints of Fosters at a pub in Castle Cary, Somerset, before setting off in his 4X4 in the early evening, London's Appeal Court heard.
He insisted on driving despite the landlord noticing that "his speech was slurred and he was unsteady on his feet", Judge Adele Williams...
