Judge's burger tip

A district court judge yesterday gave a Hastings drink-driver some sober advice about avoiding the effects of too much alcohol: eat an old-style hamburger first.

Visiting Auckland judge Barry Morris convicted and fined Peter Goodwin Brittin, 46, $1350, with court costs of $130, and disqualified him from driving for 15 months.

Judge Morris asked Brittin whether he had "a problem with grog or was it just a night out drinking? Take a tip from one old drinker to another. Have a dinkum old-style hamburger first - not the modern ones." Brittin replied that it had been a one-night lapse.

- Staff reporter, NZPA