LORRY DRIVER DRANK SOME PORT WITH HIS SANDWICHES- THEN CRASHED INTO BOLLARD.
a lorryman was so drunk he hit a bollard as he drove into christian salvesens easton factory on tues evening.
the police were called and after his a arrest although handcuffed he ripped the inside handle off a door of a police car taking him to grantham police station along the a1 and threw it into a footwell.
leszek balinski 34 of chopina poland appeared before town magistrates the next afternoon and admitted driving a scania lorry while unfit through drink and damaging the police cars door handle.
he was sentenced to one days detention - which he had all but served in custody- and was banned from driving on british roads for a year.
salvesen staff saw balikini in a corridor , unsteady on his feet and smelling of drink, said david atkiss, prosecuting.
he failed a breath test and was verbally abusive in polish when arrested and handcuffed.
balinski had parked outside the salvesen yard and had half a bottle of port with his sandwiches before driving inside ,where he hit a bollard , said christopher milligan , defending .
he did not understand what was going on with the police and in a panic , tried to get out the police car.
it is probale that balinski will lose his job
hitting a bollard and unsteady on his feet on half a bottle of port, i thought these poles could handle there ale 
taken from the local rag
