Drink driver laughed after crashing car
After drinking Buckfast, Craig Marshall, 30, from Kirkcaldy, lost control of his car and crashed into a kerb after speeding through Cardenden.
The former serviceman, of Church Street, appeared for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.
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Hide AdHe previously admitted that that on April 19 at Main Street, Cardenden, he drove a car without due care and attention and at excessive speed, failed to negotiate a bend safely and collided with a kerb causing damage to the vehicle.
He also admitted he was driving after consuming excess alcohol. His reading was 48 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the legal limit being 22 microgrammes.
He also drove without insurance.
Depute fiscal Sanah Idrees had previously told the court that at 6.45pm two witnesses saw a car travelling at speed in Cardenden then failing to negotiate a bend and hit the kerb.
The car, which was being driven by Marshall, had come to a halt in the middle of the road.
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Hide Ad“He got out of the vehicle and appeared to be staggering,” added the depute.
Another witness was in his back garden when he heard a screech and loud bang. He saw the accused’s car in the middle of the road with a damaged wheel.
“The accused attempted to drive off but could not. He appeared to be laughing,” said the depute.
Police were called and Marshall was arrested after refusing to take a roadside breath test.
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Hide AdDefence solicitor Brian Black said, “He had been released from prison on April 15. On the day of the offence, he’d drunk a third of a bottle of Buckfast
and made the foolish decision to drive.”
Sheriff Alastair Brown pointed out, “He’s done it before.”
The sheriff fined Marshall £1040 and banned him from driving for three years.