OMEN
05-02-2008, 11:00 AM
Chad Kroeger, the lead singer for Canadian rock band Nickelback, has been sentenced to a one-year driving ban and fined more than $C600 for drunk driving.
The Nickelback frontman was stopped by police for speeding in his luxury Lamborghini sports car in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey, British Columbia, in 2006.
A breath test found he had twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
Kroeger, whose legal name is Chad Turton, told reporters as he left the courthouse that he does not condone drinking and driving, but "everyone makes mistakes".
His lawyer said they would appeal the conviction, handed down by the judge last month.
Kroeger could have been sentenced to jail, but first-time offenders usually receive sentences of a fine and a license suspension.
Reuters
The Nickelback frontman was stopped by police for speeding in his luxury Lamborghini sports car in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey, British Columbia, in 2006.
A breath test found he had twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
Kroeger, whose legal name is Chad Turton, told reporters as he left the courthouse that he does not condone drinking and driving, but "everyone makes mistakes".
His lawyer said they would appeal the conviction, handed down by the judge last month.
Kroeger could have been sentenced to jail, but first-time offenders usually receive sentences of a fine and a license suspension.
Reuters