UK: Drunken level crossing worker jailed for 3 months
Posted: 23 Nov 2011, 08:46
Drunken level crossing worker jailed for 3 months
Press Association
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 22 November 2011 22.07 GMT
A railway worker found slumped unconscious in his box due to drinking alcohol while he was responsible for a busy level-crossing has been jailed for three months.
A district judge heard that Peter Singleton, 29, was almost three times the drink-drive limit and way over Network Rail's drinking limit when paramedics were called to the Crofton Crossing, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, last month.
Wakefield Magistrates' Court heard a colleague found Singleton on 18 October unconscious with a train waiting to cross. Singleton is an alcoholic but the district judge said he had no choice but to jail him. PA
Press Association
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 22 November 2011 22.07 GMT
A railway worker found slumped unconscious in his box due to drinking alcohol while he was responsible for a busy level-crossing has been jailed for three months.
A district judge heard that Peter Singleton, 29, was almost three times the drink-drive limit and way over Network Rail's drinking limit when paramedics were called to the Crofton Crossing, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, last month.
Wakefield Magistrates' Court heard a colleague found Singleton on 18 October unconscious with a train waiting to cross. Singleton is an alcoholic but the district judge said he had no choice but to jail him. PA