A Dunfermline man’s car was involved in a crash after he got drunk at a party.

However, 37-year-old Blane Sharp later claimed he was not the person driving the car.

That was accepted by the Crown but he was still banned when he appeared for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

That was because he refused to take a breath test.

Sharp, of Hill Court, admitted that on 21st May last year at Dunfermline police station he failed to provide breath specimens.

Depute fiscal Brogan Moffat said there was a collision between Sharp’s car and another vehicle on the A92 eastbound between Crossgates and Cowdenbeath.

At 1.30am police were called to the incident and were told a male had left the scene on foot.

Sharp was traced nearby, clearly intoxicated and with scratches on his face.

He said he had been at a party in Crossgates. When asked about the vehicle in the collision he said: “That’s my car but I wasn’t driving.”

After being arrested and taken to Dunfermline police station, he refused to take a breath test.

Defence solicitor Ian Beatson said the guilty plea was given on the basis that he had not been the driver.

“He was at a party and had fallen asleep because of the amount of alcohol he’d consumed. Some of his friends had taken the vehicle,” he added.

The solicitor said his client had been a soldier in the Black Watch for seven years from the age of 16.

Sheriff Garry Sutherland banned Sharp from driving for five months and fined him £470.