Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.A troubled 20-year-old “borrowed” his dad’s van to give a friend a lift home but was caught driving while more than three times the legal booze limit.Luke Macdonald, who had also flouted a curfew restricting him to his home, was spared jail when he appeared for sentence at Perth Sheriff Court this week.Instead, he was given the “direct alternative” of 240 hours of unpaid work - and was put off the road for three years.Because of the COVID pandemic, he was given 12 months to complete the community payback order.His progress will be reviewed on September 8, when he will discover his fate on a.
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