Bryan Ferry's son Otis faces driving ban after refusing breath test and insisting he had just had 'a pint at lunch'

PUBLISHED: 18:20 EST, 26 October 2012 | UPDATED: 19:46 EST, 26 October 2012

Otis Ferry was yesterday found guilty of failing to provide a breath sample after he was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.

The 29-year-old son of singer Bryan Ferry was stopped in the early hours of the morning as he drove a black Mercedes through Kensington, London.

Police became suspicious after noticing the vehicle’s rear windows were down and a woman was smoking out of one of them.

Guilty: Otis Ferry, left, son of singer Bryan Ferry (right), was found guilty of failing to provide police with a breath sample

When an officer pulled over Ferry – who famously took part in a pro-hunting protest in the Commons in 2004 – he could ‘smell intoxicating liquor’.

The Old Etonian said he had drunk ‘a pint of cider with his lunch’.

Ferry, who is Master of the South Shropshire Hunt, failed a roadside breath test and was taken to a police station where he refused to take a further test.

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West London Magistrates’ Court heard that Ferry, of Eaton Mascott near Shrewsbury, was ‘argumentative’ and ‘refused to comply with simple instructions’.

Sergeant John Longdon told the court: ‘He seemed to believe the incident was amusing.’

Ferry was not in court yesterday but was found guilty by Deputy District Judge John Greaves. He will be sentenced at a later date.

Failure to provide a breath sample carries a maximum fine of £5,000 and a minimum driving ban of one year.