Man hit with driving ban after drunkenly driving into wall

A MAN crashed into a wall and a parked car after drunkenly trying to drive to a shop.

Carl Collins, 27, also had no insurance when he knocked

AMAN hit his wife in the head with a brick while she was standing at a bus stop, then kicked her in the face.

Paul Cushing targeted Laurie Cushing in a shocking rush hour attack on Lord Street in Southport last month.

She suffered facial injuries and a cut to the head during the incident, which happened at around 8.20am, on September 29.

Merseyside Police said the victim was taken to hospital where she was treated for her injuries.

Officers cordoned off the bus stop, close to Mecca Bingo, and arrested Cushing on nearby Belmont Street.

The Visiter understands the married couple had separated before the brutal assault.

Cushing, of Galloway Road, Waterloo, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court via video link from HMP Altcourse last week.

The 30-year-old spoke only to confirm his personal details and to enter his pleas to two allegations against him.

Cushing, with short hair and wearing a grey sweatshirt, admitted wounding his wife with intent to cause her grievous bodily harm.

He denied malicious communications, namely sending text messages and making phone calls to Mrs Cushing which “conveyed a threat for the purpose of causing distress or anxiety” on the same date as the attack.

Tom Watson, prosecuting, said on the basis that Cushing admitted the “full facts” of the prosecution case in respect of the wounding, the Crown was content that the malicious communications allegation down a large chunk of wall outside a house on Hesketh Bank, West Lancashire.

Collins, now of Wright Street in Southport, went before Preston Magistrates Court, sitting at Preston Crown Court due to flooded cells, and was banned from driving for 36 months.

He was traced by police after crashing his then girlfriend’s car into a wall on Chapel Road in Hesketh Bank in February this year.

When breathalysed by officers, Collins was found to be more than twice the drink driving limit.

The court heard that Collins had been drinking up to 15 pints a day at the time of his arrest but has since made significant changes to his lifestyle.

He was also ordered to do 15 days of rehabilitation activities and 150 hours of unpaid work as well as being fined a total of £175.