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Home > Breaking News > Courts and Crime > Story Sep 19, 2008 Fined for drink driving By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent Giuseppe De Vito (seen here), 35, better known as Beppe De Vito, admitted to driving along Stamford and Beach Road junction when his blood alcohol level was 65mcg per 100 ml of breath on Jul 5 last year. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW THE owner of high-end Italian restaurant il Lido was fined a total of $8,600 and banned from driving for two years on Friday for drink driving, dangerous driving and abusing a police officer. Giuseppe De Vito, 35, better known as Beppe De Vito, admitted to driving along Stamford and Beach Road junction when his blood alcohol level was 65mcg per 100 ml of breath on Jul 5 last year. The legal limit is 35mcg per 100ml. De Vito also pleaded guilty to beating the red lights at that junction as well as the junction of Nicoll Highway with Middle Road at 2.47am. A police officer had trailed De Vito in his Maserati to his home in Katong. De Vito smelt strongly of alcohol and failed a breathalyser test, the court heard. When arrested, he repeatedly abused Senior Staff Sergeant Goh Keng Seng who warned him but he kept uttering the abusive words. De Vito could have been fined up to $5,000 or jailed up to six months for drink driving. The maximum penalty for dangerous driving is a fine of up to $3,000 and/or 12 months, and for using abusive words, $5,000 or 12 months. ------------------