Catering boss rode e-scooter while drunk

A catering manager who rode an e-scooter on the pavement while twice the legal alcohol limit has escaped a driving ban. Stuart Jones, 26, said he did not realise he was committing an offence when he was stopped in Hyde Park Place, central London at 3.30am on January 3. Mukaddisa Bokhari, prosecuting, said: ‘When officers spoke to him they could smell alcohol on his breath and requested a breath test. ‘The defendant blew 61 at the roadside. He was taken…