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The hospitality worker who called police to report Scots songwriter Paolo Nutini for boozing before getting behind the wheel has been convicted of drink-driving.

Colin May called the police to report The New Shoes star after seeing him drinking vodkas in a pub in their home town of Paisley.

But 31-year-old Nutini - who was arrested and charged as a result of May phoning the police last February - was found not guilty after a trial at Paisley Sheriff Court.

Less than two months after he reported Nutini, May, was caught doing what he thought Paolo had.

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The 33-year-old got behind the wheel of his red Audi A3 five-door hatchback on April 17 last year.

Paisley's Justice of the Peace Court heard that May came to the attention of officers in Corsebar Road, Paisley, and failed a road-side breath test.

He was taken to the police station where blood samples were taken - revealing he had 67milligrammes in 100ml of blood - just over the 50mlg blood limit.

He pleaded guilty to a charge of drink-driving and was fined £300 and banned from driving for 12 months for the offence.

May was the first witness called during Nutini's trial, telling the court he had been drinking in the same pub as Paolo on the night he thought the singer was drink-driving.

He said he saw Nutini and his friends buying rounds of vodkas in De Beers - a pub in Paisley High Street.

May explained: "I witnessed him and a male he was with both order drinks for each other at the bar."

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"They were buying rounds. I believe it was vodkas."

May said he phoned police after seeing Nutini behind the wheel of his mini with a mystery woman after he had left the pub.

He said: "I could see at least one individual in the car with him, a female.

"My thoughts were that I'd seen him drinking in the bar having more than what would be the legal limit.

"I was a bit thrown and continued my journey home, then called police to report what I'd seen.

"I said I had seen the car in question being driven by an individual whom I believed to be drinking previous to driving."

May conceded he did know for sure what the singer was drinking and could not say whether it was vodkas or soda water and lime.

Nutini gave evidence in his own defence during his trial, saying he had three vodkas in the pub, drove home, and then drank two Bowmore single malt whiskies and had "a mouthful of wine" before police arrived at his door.

He blew 48microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath - more than double the 22mcg legal breath limit.

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After being detained by officers he told them: "I feel like the drink I had afterwards may have affected this."

And the singer was cleared after Karen Kerr, a forensic toxicologist with the Scottish Police Authority, said Nutini could have been under the limit at the time of driving.

Nutini's debut album, These Streets, was released in 2006 and peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart, while the follow-up, 2009's Sunny Side Up, debuted at number one.

Both albums were certified quintuple platinum and his third album, 2014-release Caustic Love, was also certified platinum after debuting at number one.