Alcoholic celebrates removal of booze-monitoring tag by going on a bender

Now for another drink-drive ban! Alcoholic celebrates removal of booze-monitoring tag by going on a bender… before driving car along a road and ploughing into four vehicles

Anthony Wilson, 34, sped off at 60mph when he was pulled over by police
He was only driving for seconds but caused thousands of pounds of damage
He endangered the lives of pedestrians in the centre of Torquay, the court heard

Published: 20:58 EDT, 2 November 2022 | Updated: 20:58 EDT, 2 November 2022

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A drink driver crashed into four cars after celebrating the removal of an alcohol monitoring tag with a Stella Artois binge.

Anthony Wilson, 34, sped off at 60mph when pulled over by police but got only 200 yards before hitting a parked car in Torquay in Devon, in July, Exeter Crown Court heard. He carried on for 600 yards before crashing into three parked cars.

Wilson, who admitted dangerous driving, driving while unfit, leaving the scene of an accident and having no licence or insurance, was jailed for ten months, suspended for two years, banned from driving for two years and sent for alcohol treatment.

Anthony Wilson, 34, sped off at 60mph when pulled over by police but got only 200 yards before hitting a parked car in Torquay in Devon, in July, Exeter Crown Court heard

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He had only been driving for a matter of seconds but caused thousands of pounds of damage and endangered the lives of pedestrians in the centre of Torquay at the height of the holiday season in July, the court heard.

The road where he crashed contained two play parks and a social club, and a judge said it was pure chance that nobody was killed or seriously injured.

Wilson had just finished a three-month alcohol abstinence order imposed for earlier offences of criminal damage that required him to wear a tag which was triggered if he drank anything.

He is an alcoholic who normally drinks 12 cans of Stella a day, Exeter Crown Court was told.

Paul Dentith, defending, said Wilson was appalled by his actions and is determined to overcome an alcohol addiction which is the result of a difficult upbringing.

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