A NEWPORT City Council employee has been banned from driving and fined more than £600 after he admitting driving under the influence of alcohol and failing to stop after a road accident.

Glen Stroud, 43, of Blackthorn Grove in Caerleon, was on his way home from a fancy dress night out dressed as a woman when he was involved in a road collision on Caerleon Road, Newport.

Rugby coach Stroud was wearing a dress and make-up and later found to have 86 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The limit is 35 milligrams.

Yesterday at Newport Magistrates’ Court, District Judge Richard Williams ordered Stroud to pay a fine of £668 and banned him from driving for 20 months.

Stroud was driving home from a Stars in Their Eyes themed evening at St Julians Rugby Football Club at around 1am on Sunday, November 9, when he was involved in a collision with another vehicle.

He was turning into Beaufort Road from Caerleon Road, Newport, when he collided with a Vauxhall Corsa approaching from the rear which he said he thought was going to stop. No one was injured although damage was caused to both cars.

The court heard how Stroud, in a Ford Ka, was reported to be swerving all over the road and failed to stop following the accident.

The victim followed Stroud who eventually stopped the car, and was found to be heavily intoxicated.

When police arrived, the rugby coach, who used to play for Cross Keys RFC, admitted he had driven home and struck another vehicle.

Ian George, mitigating, said one of the reasons Stroud didn’t stop immediately was because of what he was wearing.

He said Stroud told police at the scene: “I have done a stupid thing.”

Judge Williams said: “This was a calculated attempt to avoid detection. You failed to stop after a road traffic accident, the offence of failing to stop is a serious aggravating factor.”