BRITISH Aerospace worker Steven Walsh fell victim to a police "honey pot" after officers arrested the driver of the car in which he was a passenger.

Blackburn magistrates heard the officers took the man away but left the keys to the car on the driver's seat.

Minutes later Walsh was also arrested after moving the car a matter of yards.

Walsh, 25, of Dowry Street, Accrington, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol and without insurance.

He was fined £400 with £55 costs and disqualified from driving for two years.

Walsh, who gave a reading of 82 against the legal limit of 35, agreed to be referred to the drink drive rehabilitation programme which, if completed successfully, could reduce his ban by up to 25 per cent.

Graham Parkinson, defending, said it had been a bad night for Walsh who had no intention of driving when he went out with friends.

He accepted a lift from a man who was the friend of a friend and had been shocked when they were stopped and the man was arrested for driving while disqualified.

"The car was left, the keys were left on the driving seat and my client , extremely stupidly, got in and drove it to where the other passengers were standing," said Mr Parkinson.

"A police officer was observing and it appears there may have been some kind of honey pot.

"If they had taken the keys away, the offence could not have been committed."