A man who was accused of driving over the prescribed limit deliberately attempted to "coerce" and "bribe" a witness into not co-operating with a police investigation.
Lee Holmes attempted to pervert the course of justice by continually trying to persuade a witness in a case against him into not co-operating with the police. The 43-year-old turned up to a petrol station where the witness worked alone on various occasions and even tried to get the man to "destroy" evidence at one point. When that failed, he later tried to bribe the witness, Durham Crown Court heard.
On Wednesday, Holmes, of Sylvia Terrace, Stanley, appeared at the court to be sentenced for two counts of intending to pervert the course of justice. He was found guilty of the offences after a trial.
