Sports star admits drink drive charge
Six-month ban on driving for former cricketer Parore
Former cricketer Adam Parore has been banned from driving for six months after he admitted drink driving. Parore, 48, appeared in the Papakura District Court yesterday where he pleaded guilty to one charge of driving with excess breath alcohol.
He made a brief appearance before Community Magistrate Lauolefale Lemalu and was sentenced at his first appearance.
Parore is a former wicket-keeper and batsman for the New Zealand cricket team.
He played 78 tests and 179 one-day international matches during his career with the New Zealand team.
Court documents obtained by the Herald show Parore was caught driving over the limit on January 26 on Clevedon-Kawakawa Rd.
He had a blood alcohol level of 100 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood.
The legal limit is 50mg of blood alcohol per 100ml of blood.
The court heard Parore had recently moved to a rural address in the Clevedon area.
He went to a friend’s house and had “a few drinks” before driving home.
Parore, formerly married to socialite Sally Ridge, was stopped at a police checkpoint and was found to be over the limit. “If he’d been in the city he would have caught a taxi home,” his lawyer told the court.
“He accepts we’re here today and pleads guilty.” Community Magistrate Lemalu said the offending appeared to be “out of character”.
She said Parore had not been caught over the limit as a result of “bad driving”.
She fined the former sportsman $500 and disqualified him from driving for six months.
Parore was also ordered to pay $130 in court costs and more than $200 to cover the fees of the analyst who carried out the blood test.
When approached outside court Parore refused to comment.