A Blackpool man has been charged with drink driving after crashing his van into a ditch in Freshwater last night (Wednesday). At about 21:20 last night, police came across a single vehicle road traffic collision on Hill Lane, Freshwater, where a Volkswagen Transporter van has left the road and gone into a ditch Daniel James Hassard, 35, of Dalton Avenue in Blackpool, has been charged with drink driving. He has been bailed to attend the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on 14th May.
BLACKPOOL MAN CHARGED WITH DRINK DRIVING AFTER WEST WIGHT CRASH
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Give him a sentence that reflects the severity such as a three week stay on the Isle of Wight.
After that he will never drink drive again
Send him to the Tower, and I don’t mean the Blackpool Tower.
Lol.
More wankers arriving soon..
Time to bang up all drink drivers.
A Daniel Hassard of Blackpool was previously convicted in 2014 of people smuggling using a VW van.
Thanks for the heads up.
Maybe he was delivering a few Dinghy customers
Would you like to know how they’d end up here? Often they are young girls…children, either taken or given to OCGs abroad, trafficked to Ireland first then if no heat is on, then into England. But not before first having earned their ‘keep’. Their (false) passports are retained by the gangs, their lives and their loved ones lives threatened if they ever try to escape or notify authorities. Why? Because in England we have a very lucrative market of Brits who will pay heavily to sleep with children. Just let that sink in. Do you still think it’s a big joke?
So Another Slap on the Wrist coming from the Isle of Wight magistrate .. on May 14th ..
They must have all bought him a drink!
That van looks to nice to dump there bloody idiots about
Steph. Are you one of those poor smuggled people from lands afar, coz i cant understand what you are talking about.