Care worker charged with drink-driving after incident near Chichester

A care worker who was alleged to have been nearly four times the legal alcohol limit while driving has been charged.
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Police were called to Chilgrove on Thursday, April 21, following reports of a collision on the B2141.

Officers said a man was found to be almost four times the legal alcohol limit. A man had been driving on the rims of his car after a tire had burst without him knowing, according to police.

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Forty-eight-year-old Neil Jarrett, a care worker from New Milton in Hampshire was arrested at the scene and charged with driving with 127mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath in his system. The legal limit is 35mcg.

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Jarrett has been released on unconditional bail to appear before Worthing Magistrates’ Court on 24 May.