A YEAR after he was caught drink-driving, Stephen Davis was back
at it again. On Thursday, the marketing manager of entertainment
group St James Holdings was jailed five weeks and fined $4,600. He
had been convicted on his second drink-drive offence and for
driving while under disqualification and without insurance.
The 27-year-old had been convicted for drink-driving in August
2009 and fined $500 and barred from driving for two years. On Sep
16 last year, he was stopped at a police checkpoint along Kampong
Bahru Road driving towards Telok Blangah Road at about 1am. An
officer noticed Davis smelt of alcohol and subjected him to a
breath test. He failed and was placed under arrest.
A subsequent test at the Traffic Police department in Ubi Avenue
3 revealed 46mcg of alcohol in every 100 mL of his breath. The
prescribed limit is only 35mcg. Also, as he was driving without a
licence, the third-party insurance coverage for his mother's car
would not apply in any collision.
His lawyer V. Ramakrishnan told the court that Davis was then a
senior executive at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS). As he did not tell
his parents of his driving disqualification, his mother suggested
on Sep 16 that he take her car so as not to get wet as as it was
raining heavily. Davis took up the offer and drove to his workplace
on Sentosa island and then to the dinner he was hosting for seven
guests of RWS at the 1-Altitude restaurant in Raffles Place. Davis
drank two glasses of Guinness draught beer. He was checked by
police while driving back to work.
Davis, who was in court with his parents, was granted permission
to start his sentence on April 1 this year as his lawyer said he
was needed to complete a work-related project.
