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A former crown court judge who was stopped on the M6 while nearly three times over the legal alcohol limit has been fined £1,200.A former crown court judge who was stopped on the M6 while nearly three times over the legal alcohol limit has been fined £1,200.
Officers pulled over Bruce Macmillan, 63, near Chorley when they spotted him driving erratically on 27 August.Officers pulled over Bruce Macmillan, 63, near Chorley when they spotted him driving erratically on 27 August.
Macmillan, who has admitted drinking and driving, was also arrested three weeks later when police found him drunk in charge of his car.Macmillan, who has admitted drinking and driving, was also arrested three weeks later when police found him drunk in charge of his car.
He was also banned from driving for two years at Chorley Magistrates' Court.He was also banned from driving for two years at Chorley Magistrates' Court.
The 63-year-old, from Aigburth on Merseyside, has now lost his legal career after resigning from his role as a judge at Liverpool Crown Court. The 63-year-old, from Aigburth on Merseyside, was now a "broken man" after his life had gone "badly wrong", the court heard.
Officers found him drunk in charge of his car in Toxteth, Liverpool, on 17 September. Macmillan was first called to the bar 40 years ago and served as a circuit judge, with "perfect distinction", for 16 years.
Chorley magistrates heard that Macmillan was now on a rehabilitation course for alcoholics after the pressures of his job overcame him. He resigned from his £128,000-a-year job in September, a week before he pleaded guilty to drink-driving on the motorway in Lancashire.
He admitted his second offence of being drunk in charge of a car in Toxteth, Liverpool, before Chorley Magistrates' Court, during the same hearing that he was sentenced.
Missing person
On both occasions, he was found with half a bottle of spirits in his car, vodka on the first occasion and gin on the second.
After being stopped on the M6 in August, Macmillan said: "I've not had a drink today, officer."
Despite his claims, he was found nearly three times over the limit, during a test at Leyland police station.
He was charged and bailed the same day but three weeks later, on 17 September, police were called by his wife who awoke to find him not at home.
She was so concerned for his welfare, the court heard, she reported him as a missing person.
A little before midday, officers found him asleep behind the wheel of his car with the keys in the ignition, in Hill Street, Toxteth, Liverpool, with a half-empty bottle of gin and three times over the limit.
He handed over his driving licence and sat in the dock, head bowed, as his lawyer, Stuart Driver QC, explained his "fall from grace".