Crowland Army reservist was over limit when he crashed Mercedes into parked car after trip to kebab shop, Boston magistrates told

An army reservist who crashed his car into a parked vehicle after returning from a kebab shop was over the drink drive limit.

Crowland resident Joshua Wilson was handed 16-month ban from the roads when he appeared at Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (May 14).

Prosecutor Kerry Close explained police were called after the 23-year-old’s Mercedes A180 had been involved in the incident on Crease Drove.

“Officers were asked to attend a report of a road traffic collision between a car and a parked vehicle,” she said.

“He hit a Peugeot 3008 parked on a side road.

“They were concerned the driver was under the influence of alcohol. He identified himself and said he was coming back from a kebab shop as he forgot his bank card.”

Wilson - who admitted drink driving and having no test MOT on his car - gave a reading of 50 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35mcg.

In defence, Beris Brickles said his client worked as a bricklayer and Army reservist and looked set to lose both following his ‘poor judgement’.

He added Wilson had drunk two beers earlier that day, but had suffered from a kidney issue which ‘may have affected how his body breaks down alcohol’.

Explaining the lack of MOT certificate, Mr Brickles said Wilson’s car had failed its MOT on two points which had been fixed and the vehicle was booked in for another MOT days later, which it was expected to pass.

“You were lucky nobody was injured or you’d be going to prison,” Judge Daniel Church said.

Wilson, of Sydney Close, was also fined £150 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £60 victim surcharge.

He can reduce his ban by 16 weeks if he completes the drink driver rehabilitation course.