Drink driver plotted fake car theft after crash
A 22-year-old man has been banned from driving for a year after he was captured on dashcam crashing his car and plotting to report a fake car theft.
Charlie Taylor, of Wand Avenue, Bourne, Lincolnshire, lost control of his Mitsubishi Shogun on the A1 near Brampton, Cambridgeshire, on 2 March at 08:15 GMT following a night of drinking. He was more than twice over the alcohol limit.
The car was seen leaving the carriageway through a hedgerow and Taylor drove off through fields.
On Thursday, 27 March at Cambridge Magistrates' Court, he pleaded guilty to drink driving and using a vehicle without an MOT. He was disqualified from driving for a year and told he must pay a £480 fine.
On the footage he was heard calling a friend and admitted he crashed after drink driving.
Cambridgeshire Police said it was contacted after a member of the public spotted the car and believed it to be a hare courser.
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