Suspended prison sentence for Doncaster man who failed to provide blood and breath specimens and threatened PCSO

A Doncaster man has been given a suspended prison sentence for failing to provide blood and breath test when police suspected he was over the limit on two occasions.
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He also admitted racially threatening behaviour and threatening behaviour towards a police community support officer in a separate incident.

Court records show that Michael Donaldson appeared before Doncaster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, September 7, after he was stopped by police in the Rotherham area on October 26 last year, and failed to provide breath when he was stopped on March 1.

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Records show that Donaldson, 52, of Moat Croft, Scawthorpe, also used threatening behaviour towards the PCSO and to another individual in an incident on July 31.

Michael Donaldson failed to provide blood and breath samples to policeMichael Donaldson failed to provide blood and breath samples to police
Michael Donaldson failed to provide blood and breath samples to police

He was given an eight-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to pay a total of £150 in compensation.

For the first motoring offence he was banned from driving for 18 months, and was disqualified for six months for the offence in March.

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