24 June 2011
Last updated at 16:48 ET
Davies was pursued by police for five miles
The founder of fashion chain Next and George at Asda has been convicted of drinking and driving.
George Davies, 69, denied the offence and told Worcester magistrates he had drunk Drambuie with a migraine tablet on private land just before his arrest.
Davies, from near Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, was also found guilty of failing to stop for a police patrol.
He was fined £1,000, given a one-year driving ban and ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge and £965 in costs.
The offences happened in May last year.
Davies told the court he was fit to drive when he left a restaurant in Broadway, Worcestershire, at about 0120 BST on 12 May 2010.
He said he drank the liqueur after driving a Maserati on to his land at the end of a five-mile police pursuit through the Cotswolds.
‘Not credible’
Davies had denied drink-driving and failing to stop, saying he had carried on driving because he feared he could be attacked or held for ransom.
He told the
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