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Labour demands change to drink-drive penalties

by Conrad Landin
Scotland Editor

ANT McPARTLIN would have only paid £5,000 of his record £86,000 fine if he had been caught drink driving in Scotland, Labour pointed out today.

The £130,000-a-week television presenter, best known for his Ant & Dec partnership with Declan Donnelly, was handed an £86,000 fine alongside a 20-month driving ban after he admitted having more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his bloodstream while driving in London in March.

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