JLR worker drank six pints of Guinness and crashed car 3 times
NEIGHBOUR REPORTED DRIVER TO POLICE AFTER HE ABANDONED MERC
A DRIVER was involved in a triple crash after he had drank six glasses of Guinness, a court heard.
Jaguar Land Rover worker James Bove had slept for a few hours after drinking alcohol and decided to go out for a drive to get some food because he had none at home.
But Bove, 43, barely made it out of his road in Kendal Grove, Solihull, when his Mercedes collided with a fence, a cable box and then another a car. He abandoned his vehicle and walked home after ‘realising he shouldn’t be driving.’ At Birmingham Magistrates’ Court he admitted drink-driving.
He was banned from driving for 16 months, fined £583 and ordered to pay a £233 victim surcharge and £135 costs.
The court heard he had six glasses of Guinness on Saturday, October 10, before going to sleep around 3pm and waking up between 7-8pm when he went out for a drive. Prosecutor Navneet Ahluwalia said: “The defendant drove off his drive and hit the fence. He drove off and then collided into an electric box. The defendant continued and collided into a Vauxhall Corsa.” A neighbour reported Bove to police. At the roadside he blew 61 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath which had reduced to 52 microgrammes when he was tested again in custody. Ms Ahluwalia added: “In interview the defendant has admitted the offence. He struggled to remember the details of the collision. He remembered hitting something. “He said he left the vehicle because he realised he shouldn’t be driving. He said he made a mistake.”
Mumtaz Mirza, defending, said: “When he got up he realised there was no food at home. He’s a single man so he decided to go and get some food from a takeaway. He doesn’t exactly remember but obviously the prosecution suggest there was some incidents.”
In interview the defendant has admitted the offence. He struggled to remember the details of the collision. Navneet Ahluwalia, prosecuting