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Drink driver caught twice

By Monique Preston

Aug 3, 2025

A man has faced court after being caught drink-driving at twice and three times the legal alcohol limit.

A man who was caught driving at twice the legal alcohol limit was picked up by police again eight months later at more than three times the limit.

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Andington Tuku, from Vanuatu, pleaded guilty in Shepparton Magistrates’ Court to two charges of drink-driving and one of being a learner driver who was driving without a supervisor.

The court heard Tuku recorded a blood alcohol concentration of 0.104 when he was stopped by police while driving in North St, Shepparton on April 7 last year.

At the time he was driving on a Vanuatu driver’s licence.

He was caught drink-driving again on December 27, blowing 0.183 when he was pulled over in McDonald St, Shepparton.

He was driving on a Victorian learner’s licence and did not have a supervising driver with him.

Tuku told police at the time he had been celebrating the first birthday of his only child.

The court was also told Tuku had a prior court appearance in 2023 for failing to do a breath test, and also had other relevant priors in Queensland.

Tuku was fined $250 and his driver’s licence was disqualified for 20 months.

By Monique Preston

Senior Journalist