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Manly youngster caught driving with blood alcohol level of 0.176, double the speed limit

Manly Sea Eagles youngster Liam Knight (photo: Twitter)
16th March, 2016
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The Manly Sea Eagles have on Wednesday stood down 21-year old front row forward Liam Kinght following a drink driving and speeding incident in the early hours of the day, where he was recorded with a blood alcohol reading 0.176.

On top of the massive BAC reading, Knight was stopped by police doing 136km/h in a 70 km/h zone.

“About 1.15am, police from the Northern Beaches Highway Patrol observed a red Mazda station wagon driving at high speed. Police will allege the car was traveling at 137km/h in a 70km/h zone and stopped it near the Roseville Bridge,” police media stated.

Knight, who is a P2 license holder has had it suspended immediately and will appear in Manly Local Court on April 20.

The Manly Sea Eagles, in a statement, said that they have reported the incident to the NRL integrity unit and will make no further comment until the investigation is completed.

According to various online blood alcohol content calculators, a 21-year-old male who weighs 106 kilograms and is 191 cm tall as Knight is, over a two hour period would have had to consume around 18 standard drinks to record 0.176 as a BAC reading.

Further research shows that a reading like this would generally make an individual feel sick, and into a state of depression rather than at the point of feeling happy or positive – basically, in no state to drive.

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