Geoffrey Underhill had a police 'marker' placed on his car after he previously confessed to enjoying a pint of lager shandy after work, a court heard.
The 56-year-old, who has a £1.7m mansion in Bowdon, Altrincham, had been pulled over seven times in one week after he was placed on a 'drink-driver' watchlist following a local authority 'safeguarding' investigation' over arguments at home.
He was placed on the list after admitting to routinely having one drink of 75 per cent lager and 25pc lemonade on his way home from the office.
Underhill who earns £200,000 a year working for Manchesterbased Abacus Law, pleaded guilty to drink-driving and was fined £3,115, ordered to pay £1,866 in costs and was banned from driving for 12 months. JPS agreed to suspend the disqualification pending an appeal against the sentence.
When a police officer breathalysed him at Lymm Services on the M6 in Cheshire on March 23, Underhill tested one-and-a-half times over the alcohol limit, Warrington magistrates court heard.
The incident occurred at 3am when the officer, known only as Pc Jones, was driving along the M56.
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