Brighton man among latest drink drive arrests

A 46-year-old man from Brighton has been charged with drink driving after being arrested in the street where he lives.

Darren Newington, of Fountains Close in Hollingdean, was arrested at 11.45pm on Sunday (8 June) after his car was stopped outside his home.

Newington was charged with drink driving and released on bail to appear at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 24 July.

Shortly before Newington’s arrest Sussex Police held a Lancing man for drink driving for a second time in two months.

Harrison Constable was detained at 8pm on Sunday after he was found close to a damaged car in Westbrook Way, Southwick.

The force said that he was arrested on Wednesday 2 April after his car crashed off the A27 and into a hedge at the Mill Hill bridge in Shoreham.

After his arrest on Sunday, Constable, of Brighton Road, Lancing, was charged with drink driving, driving without insurance and having an axe.

He has also been charged with drink driving and driving without insurance on the A27 at Shoreham in April.

He was released on bail to appear at Worthing Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 23 September.