09/03/2012

Captain Remanded In Custody After Pleading Guilty To Drink Charge

The captain of a cargo ship involved in a crash with a ferry in Belfast Lough has pleaded guilty to a drink charge.

Polish 55-year-old Miroslaw Pozniak was charged with excess alcohol by the master of a ship at a court in Bangor today.

He has been remanded in custody.

An application for bail was mad, however the judge said that could be heard in court until Monday.

The prosecution will then decide if the case should process in a magistrate's or crown court.

No one was injured in the incident, but both vessels were substantially damaged.

(CD/GK)

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