STUDENT Paul Anthony Knott was breathalysed as he drove to see a sick friend.

Blackburn magistrates heard that Knott failed the roadside sample and the first sample at the police station and then failed to provide a second sample on the intoximetre.

Knott, 18, of Lynwood Road, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to failing to provide a breath sample and driving without insurance and otherwise than in accordance with a licence.

He was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined a total of £60.

Knott agreed to be referred to the drink drivers rehabilitation programme which, if completed successfully, could reduce his disqualification by up to 25 per cent.

Oliver Goldman, defending, said Knott was studying for A-levels and planned to go on to university and eventually become a teacher.

He said his client had not wilfully refused to give a sample but had been unable to blow hard enough.

"It was the first time he had been in a police station and he was extremely nervous," said Mr Goldman.