A CUSTOMER support manager for a software company has been banned from driving after he crashed his Audi A3 while more than three times the drink-drive limit.
Luke Spary, of Worsley Road, Newport, was disqualified for 26 months after he admitted drink-driving on Burnt House Lane, Newport, on the morning of April 9.
Geoffrey Anderson, an eyewitness, was driving on the Blackwater Road into Newport at around 7.15am when he saw Spary, travelling in the opposite direction, struggling to keep his car on his side of the road.
He watched him oversteer onto the nearside and up an embankment and into a garden, said Ann Smout, prosecuting, at the Isle of Wight Magistrates' Court on Tuesday (26).
Mr Anderson stopped and walked up to the vehicle and saw Spary and a passenger in the car.
When the police arrived at 7.40am, Spary gave officers a positive roadside breath test and was arrested.
He gave a breath reading of 111 microgrammes — more than three times the drink-drive limit of 35.
Spary told the police he had been drinking the night before at Rocket Ronnie's and Hogshead and had spent about seven to eight hours drinking, then got a taxi home.
He had been drinking a cocktail of lager, shots, tequila and pink gin, said Mrs Smout.
The next morning, he and his friend decided they wanted to go to Ritchie's Diner in Lake for breakfast.
"He said he woke up, did not have a headache, drank water and felt absolutely fine. He described losing control of the vehicle, crashing it and being in shock and not knowing what to do," said Mrs Smout.
"He did show remorse and said he would not have put himself or his friend in danger if he knew he was still drunk."
Spary, 27, with no previous convictions, was glad no one got hurt, said Amy Hosell, defending.
"Being in a cell brought home the grim realisation about alcohol and how long it takes to leave your system. He has learned a harsh lesson.," said Miss Hosell.
On top of his diisqualification, magistrates ordered Spary to pay £85 costs and a £34 victim surcharge.
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