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| Drink-drive charge judge resigns | Drink-drive charge judge resigns |
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| A judge who was arrested for allegedly being drunk in charge of a car while on bail for a similar offence has resigned, the Ministry of Justice said. | A judge who was arrested for allegedly being drunk in charge of a car while on bail for a similar offence has resigned, the Ministry of Justice said. |
| Crown court judge Bruce Macmillan, 63, of Sefton Park, was arrested on Thursday accused of being drunk in charge of a motor vehicle in Liverpool. | |
| He had been charged with drink driving on 27 August after being stopped on the M6 in Lancashire. | |
| The Ministry of Justice said he had resigned with immediate effect. | The Ministry of Justice said he had resigned with immediate effect. |
| Judge Macmillan was appointed to the Northern Circuit in 1993 and sits at Liverpool Crown Court. | |
| He is due to appear before magistrates in Chorley on 30 September to face the original drink-driving charge. |