Man drank three pints then crashed car into Ramsdens superstore
A SUPERVISOR at a Cleethorpes bar crashed his car in to the front of Ramsdens while drink-driving, a court heard.
Mark Ward, a key member of the team at the Bar Babylon, was driving a car which "flicked" and "rolled" before smashing in to the front of the shop in the early hours of February 8.
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Crash: The damaged Ramsdens shop front after Mark Ward had crashed his car into it.
Ward, 27, admitted driving while unfit through drink and with the wrong class of licence on February 8.
Nick Wyman, prosecuting, told Grimsby magistrates that Ward suddenly lost control of his car.
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It swerved towards the middle of the road, hit the central reservation and pedestrian island before ending up in the shop front of Ramsdens on the opposite side of the road.
Ward's eyes were glazed, his speech was slurred and he was unsteady on his feet.
He gave a roadside breath test of 114mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35mcg.
Gary Bulbeck, mitigating, said Ward lived in a room at the Bar Babylon when he was working there.
He had drunk three pints of lager after his shift. He drove to buy cigarettes and was on his way back when the steering wheel of his car locked and he completely lost control.
Ward had been a soldier for nine years and had served in Afghanistan, Kenya, Northern Ireland and Mexico before being discharged on medical grounds in December 2010.
Ward, who lives in Lincoln, was fined £400, banned from driving for two years and was ordered to pay £85 costs and a Government-imposed £40 victims' surcharge.
The court heard that the licensing authorities would be told of the conviction."
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by dave_41
Thursday, February 28 2013, 8:53PM
“DONT DRINK AND DRIVE SIMPLE.”
by jimbowen3
Thursday, February 28 2013, 8:04PM
“he prob wanted to put some thing on layby for xmas lol”
by Beagleyes
Thursday, February 28 2013, 6:06PM
“Should have gone to specsavers”
by xochitl
Thursday, February 28 2013, 5:55PM
“Let's see, he was discharged in 2010 at the age of 25 but had served 9 years? I think not. he served with the British Army in Mexico? Ditto. His steering wheel locked? What kind of car was it? The only way I know for this to happen is if you turn off the ignition and remove the key. I too have a military background and 3 pints of lager would have been breakfast. As for medical discharge from the Army, if you had two of everything you should have two of you stayed in, so he must have lost one of something (wink).”
by nietzche
Thursday, February 28 2013, 3:31PM
“Who cares about his military past Hitler had a military past doe's that excuse the holocaust Grimsbys courts are unbelievable leaniant ...”
by Jackthelad
Thursday, February 28 2013, 12:37PM
“Well Gary Bulbeck, what can I say ? - It really is a shame that Jimmy Savile is dead beacuse he would have been facing a vast amount of charges to answer. He could have employed you as his defence counsel - with the mitigating circumstances you come out with - Savile would have been home and dry within half an hour - what a prat you really are!”
by THEAPPLE
Thursday, February 28 2013, 12:06PM
“bar babylon,...ramsdens,.....fags,.....where the hell was he going for his fags,surely they still sell the evil weed (not JAMES the coward PICKARD)in Cleethorpes.”
by WhistlingD
Thursday, February 28 2013, 11:59AM
“If he hasn't got a licence why has he got a car! And how many shops did he drive past to get his fags? 3 pints! Most people must be over the limit after a sniff of the barmaids apron on that score. What was his solicitor called? Gary BUL****!”
by luttykinz
Thursday, February 28 2013, 10:09AM
“3 pints of what, vodka??”
by markus250666
Thursday, February 28 2013, 9:59AM
“drunk on 3 pints? be a cheap night out then”