A 64-year-old man from Perth was spotted downing vodka before driving away from the store he bought it from.
Martin Tolman bought a bottle of the spirit at a branch of RS McColl in the city and was seen outside the shop emptying it into a water bottle then taking a gulp.
Fiscal depute Nicole Lewis told Perth Sheriff Court: “He has then entered the vehicle and drove away from the locus at which point police have been contacted.”
