A teenager has been sentenced to a 12-month community order and banned from driving for more than a year after he admitted stealing a van while drunk.
William Card, aged 18, of Oak Meadow in Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, was charged with three offences which happened in the Ceredigion market town of Cardigan last summer.
Card was accused of taking a Ford Transit without the owner’s consent on August 20 last year, Aberystwyth Magistrates’ Court was told.
It was also alleged that he drove the van along Greenfield Row in the town without insurance and while drunk.
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When breathalysed, Card recorded having 51 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.
He pleaded guilty to each of the offences at Aberystwyth Magistrates' Court on March 6.
Card was sentenced to a 12-month community order, as part of which he must complete 50 hours of unpaid work.
He was disqualified from driving for 14 months and must pay £85 in costs and a £114 surcharge.
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