A SUSPECTED drink- driver will stand trial.

Richard Hammill, aged 58, of Enfield Close, Halliwell, denies driving a Ford Transit on Highfield Road, Farnworth, on February 23, after consuming 178 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood — the legal limit is 80 microgrammes.

He also denies driving without insurance. He will appear at Bolton Magistrates Court on August 27.