Polish trucker refused to give sample after lorry weaved across road in Cork

The man was fined €850 and disqualified from driving for four years

When asked to blow into the intoxalyser the defendant said: "No way. No breath. Blood only." File photo

A 44-year-old Polish trucker was reported by another motorist in Cork who saw him driving the tractor unit without a trailer crossing over and back on the centre of the road at Watergrasshill.

Now at Cork District Court Piotr Szajdecki has been banned from driving in Ireland for a period of four years and fined €850. He pleaded guilty to a charge of refusing to give a sample as required by gardaí investigating the driving.