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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. | 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 drinking and driving on 27 August after being stopped on the M6 in Lancashire. | |
| The Ministry of Justice said the judge had resigned with immediate effect. | |
| Judge Macmillan was appointed to the Northern Circuit in 1993 and sits at Liverpool Crown Court. | Judge Macmillan was appointed to the Northern Circuit in 1993 and sits at Liverpool Crown Court. |
| By stepping down he loses his £128,000-a-year salary, but avoids being disrobed by the Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor. | |
| He also hit the headlines in January when he sentenced a Liverpool man who was found naked and stuck in a supermarket chimney following a bungled burglary. | |
| Judge Macmillan is due to appear before magistrates in Chorley on 30 September to face the original charge of drinking and driving. |