Barbieri had admitted the offences at an earlier hearing

Stefano Barbieri, from Carlisle, was also ordered to do 240 hours community service by a sheriff in Selkirk.

The 57-year-old had earlier admitted wilful damage to the camera by pulling it from its anchorage on the A68 near Earlston in the Borders.

He also admitted being over the drink drive limit and was banned from driving for four years.

The former haulage driver became enraged when he was flashed by the camera.

On Monday, Selkirk Sheriff Court was told that Barbieri had been returning to Carlisle from a visit to Haddington in East Lothian with his wife and three children in his car when he was flashed by the camera.

He became so angry that he stopped his car, tied the rope round the speed camera and then drove off, pulling it from the ground.

The court had also heard that Barbieri had been driving with a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit.

Inspector Sandy McLaren, of Lothian and Borders Police, said he was concerned by a growing number of attacks on speed cameras.

He said: "Above all they are actually there to improve road safety.

"Since the cameras were installed on the A68 in 1999, the number of people killed or seriously injured on that route has actually fallen by 35%."