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Ex-soap star stripped of driving licence
Published Tuesday, Nov 20 2007, 11:17 GMT | By Kimberley Dadds
Former Home and Away star Dieter Brummer lost his driving licence today after he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol.
Brummer, who played Shane Parrish on the soap until 1996, was arrested in August when police caught him driving his Toyota Hilux near his home in North Bondi, Sydney.
The actor had reportedly been drinking in the Bondi Hotel for seven hours and police recorded a blood alcohol level of 0.125.
When Brummer's barrister George Coroneos asked magistrate Lee Gilmour to let him keep his licence, she replied: "That's not going to happen."
Gilmour suspended his licence for six months, but backdated the ban to August 4, the day he was arrested. She also fined him $700 as well as $70 fees for a mid-range drink-driving charge.
Brummer was photographed and fingerprinted by police after the sentence. As he left court his mother smiled to photographers and said: "He looks good anyhow."
The former star recently told a Sydney radio station that he is now a window cleaner.
Brummer, who played Shane Parrish on the soap until 1996, was arrested in August when police caught him driving his Toyota Hilux near his home in North Bondi, Sydney.
The actor had reportedly been drinking in the Bondi Hotel for seven hours and police recorded a blood alcohol level of 0.125.
When Brummer's barrister George Coroneos asked magistrate Lee Gilmour to let him keep his licence, she replied: "That's not going to happen."
Gilmour suspended his licence for six months, but backdated the ban to August 4, the day he was arrested. She also fined him $700 as well as $70 fees for a mid-range drink-driving charge.
Brummer was photographed and fingerprinted by police after the sentence. As he left court his mother smiled to photographers and said: "He looks good anyhow."
The former star recently told a Sydney radio station that he is now a window cleaner.
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