Disqualified Brockmoor Driver Ploughed Car Into Taxi
6th July 2009
A Brockmoor man who had been drinking heavily when he ploughed his car into a taxi has been spared jail.
Paul Warr, of Station Road, was driving the wrong way along Dudley by-pass as he tried to get away from men who had thrown a stone through the rear window of his car.
Wolverhampton Crown Court heard how the father-of-two, who was also banned from driving at the time of the incident, crashed his car into the taxi leaving the driver with fractured ribs.
The 27-year-old was two and a half times over the legal alcohol limit after drinking with friends in JB's club and reacted in a desperate bid to get away from the other men, said Edward Soulsby prosecuting.
He said it was accepted that Warr feared he would be attacked by the other men but stressed: "There were other routes he could have taken to get away from these people lawfully."
Warr admitted driving dangerously, with excess alcohol, while disqualified and without a licence or insurance and was given a three month jail term suspended for a year.
He further admitted the offences breached a suspended prison sentence for false representation and was also banned from the roads for a year and placed under supervision.
Deputy Circuit Judge David McEvoy QC told Warr he must also carry out 120 hours community punishment and ordered him to pay £1,000 compensation to the taxi driver for his injuries.
The Judge described the facts of the case as "quite exceptional" and ruled he was just able to allow Warr to keep his freedom after a plea for mercy from his sister.
Source; Dudley News - dudleynews.co.uk
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