Albury magistrate Tony Murray told Adam John Scott, 31, there were clear rules surrounding such matters.

He had blown 0.235 late last year, which followed a high-range drink-driving conviction earlier in the year.

“The rule says you should go to jail as a result of this offence,” Mr Murray said on Tuesday.

Scott had been knocking back mid-strength beers at the Big Bash League at Lavington on December 13.

He’d had 10 middies at the game and a further three drinks before going home.

He later told police he hadn’t eaten.

The National Broadband Network installer came to police attention while driving about 11.45pm after turning left from Alamein Avenue onto Union Road.

He had failed to indicate while turning.

Officers followed the vehicle and the 31-year-old turned left into Regina Avenue, travelling at a very slow speed.

Police turned on their lights and pulled over the vehicle near the intersection with Gordon Grove.

They got a strong smell of alcohol while talking to Scott.

He told the officers he had only finished his last drink about five minutes earlier.

They thought he was clearly “well affected” by the grog, especially as his eyes were bloodshot and watery.

He was also slurring his words. 

They waited 10 minutes before putting him through the roadside alcohol test, which was positive. 

He was taken back to the Albury station and returned the 0.235 reading, nearly five times the legal limit.

His licence was immediately suspended. 

Scott had been only about a kilometre from his home when he was intercepted.  

He had also been convicted of high-range drinking driving on March 18, and the court heard he would undergo six weeks of rehab.

His lawyer asked for the matter to be held over until the treatment had been completed.

Mr Murray ordered a pre-sentence report and said there had been “aggravating factors” to the offence.

He ordered Scott attend probation and parole services to undertake the report. 

Scott, who appeared before court in a white business shirt with black pants and a tie, did not speak, except to say he knew where the service was located. 

The matter will return to the court for sentencing on April 12.