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		</div><p>Singer Paolo Nutini has been found not guilty of drink-driving in his home town.</p>
<p>The 30-year-old was accused of driving under the influence of alcohol while more than twice the legal limit in Paisley, Renfrewshire, on February 21.</p>
<p>The New Shoes singer, who had denied the charge, was cleared by a sheriff following a two-day trial at Paisley Sheriff Court.</p>
<p>His defence to the allegation was &#8220;post-incident drinking&#8221;.</p>
<p>Pc Laura Murray told the first day of the trial she was called to Canal Street towards midnight on February 21 to a report of a car being driven by someone who had allegedly been drinking.</p>
<p>The car was no longer there when they arrived but they went to an address where they found a grey Mini and Nutini, who they had been told was the driver of the vehicle.</p>
<p>Pc Murray said she told Nutini he would need to do a breath test.</p>
<p>Asked when his last drink was, the witness replied: <i>&#8220;He said it was ten minutes before police arrived.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>The officer told the court Nutini tested positive for alcohol and was then arrested and taken to Govan police office for a further test.</p>
<p>Asked whether he mentioned drinking when he got home, she said: <i>&#8220;He said he had had a mouthful of wine at home and this later changed to saying he had a mouthful of whisky.&#8221;</p>
<p>Nutini was accused of breaching the Road Traffic Act by driving with 48 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the 22 microgrammes limit.</p>
<p>He told the court he had gone for a meal with a friend that night and then went the bar at about 9.15pm to watch the end of a football match.</p>
<p>He said he had three vodkas with soda and lime over the course of a pub visit, which ended around 11.50pm, and drove home.</p>
<p>He admitted to the court he had been &#8220;stupid&#8221; and &#8220;wrong&#8221; to try to estimate whether he was fit to drive that night.</p>
<p>Asked about the point when the police took him to the station for further tests, he told the court: <i>&#8220;I felt like at that point I&#8217;d made the wrong decision and I was stupid to make it.</p>
<p>&#8220;Now I&#8217;ll definitely not be making my own estimation as to whether or not I was okay or not to drive &#8230; That&#8217;s what I take from this experience.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was stupid and I was wrong, I knew that. As soon as I was sat in the police car, I knew that that was the case.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>He told how he consumed a large glass of whisky, part of a smaller glass of whisky and some wine at his home with friends before police arrived to breathalyse him.</p>
<p>Sheriff Colin Pettigrew acquitted the musician of the single charge after evidence was led from several witnesses about events on the night in question.<br />
Nutini left the court without comment.</p>
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