Drink-driver sparks huge police search

A DRINK-driver with “an appalling record” who was more than five times the limit reversed at speed onto a pavement and smashed into two cars.

Jay Clark was detained on Sunday after mounting the pavement on Caird Terrace and crashing, causing damage to two parked cars, while under the influence of alcohol.

Police — including forensics officers — descended on the street with inquiries centring on a Renault Clio.

It is understood that Clark was traced in a property nearby by sniffer dogs and police forced entry and detained him.

One local said Clark could have “easily killed someone”, adding: “The police were outside and they had forensics and dogs with them. They went into a close and you could hear a loud banging before everything went quiet.

“What if there’d been a kid on the pavement? There’s lots of them around here.” Clark, 21, of Ballindean Road, appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court and admitted driving with excess alcohol (127 mics) at Caird Terrace and Hepburn Street.

He also admitted driving carelessly in Caird Street on the same date and causing the accident, driving without insurance on the same date in Hepburn Street and Caird Terrace, behaving in a threatening or abusive manner in Caird Terrace and swearing and acting aggressively.

Clark also admitted that, having been involved in an accident in Caird Terrace, he failed to stop and give his name and address to anyone.

Solicitor Amy Fox, defending, asked for bail to be granted, saying Clark had a number of things going wrong in his life recently and had been drinking heavily as a result.

She said he suffered from severe ADHD, had lost his job and was attempting to have contact with his four-year-old daughter reinstated.

Sheriff Linda Young told Clark: “For someone your age you have an appalling record, you have drugs convictions and several breaches of bail conditions, so I am not going to grant you bail. You will be remanded in custody and I am ordering a social work report and a restriction of liberty order assessment.”

Sentence was deferred until March 14 and he was also disqualified from driving in the interim.

Hepburn Street