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Angry woman in UK gets Indian-origin boyfriend arrested for drunk driving

An Indian-origin man in the UK found himself in trouble on his 44th birthday when his angry girlfriend called the police on him for drunk driving.

Kamaljit Sagoo had been out celebrating his birthday with a friend on June 18 when he got into a fight with his girlfriend. She called the cops as soon as he got into his car to drive to a nearby store to buy cigarette paper.


"Unusually, he has been reported by his partner for driving while drunk and he was later found by police in the driver's seat of his car," prosecutor Lorna Rimell told North Tyneside Magistrates' Court in north-east England, reported news agency Press Trust of India (PTI).

"He then failed a roadside breath test," she said.

Sagoo reportedly blew 61 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 ml of breath against the legal limit of 35 microgrammes.

Sagoo has pleaded guilty to one count of drunk driving and also admitted that he had been driving without any insurance.

He has been banned from driving for 17 months. Sagoo has also been fined 583 pounds and ordered him to pay 85 pounds in legal costs and a 58 pound victim surcharge.

His lawyer told the court: "It was his birthday and, as things go, it was a very bad birthday for him. He had been out with his partner and there had been an argument and he had gone to get Rizla (cigarette) papers. He felt fine to drive. His partner had been angry at him, she phoned the police.

"Needless to say, that relationship is now over".

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