A drink driver who jumped a red light and then crashed into bollards in Ryde has been banned from driving for 21 months.
Jason Stone, 37, formally of Ashey Road in Ryde but now living in Portsmouth, appeared before Magistrates on Tuesday charged with 1 count of drink driving on 21st December last year.
Prosector Rhys Evans told the court that Police sighted Stone’s Skoda Octavia on St John’s Hill and witnessed the driver of the vehicle failing to stop at a red light.
The vehicle turned left into the High Street and collided with bollards before continuing up the road.
Officers stopped the Octavia – driven by Stone – outside a local Tandoori takeaway. He was breathalysed at the roadside and failed, later going on to blow 82 in custody.
Stone’s criminal record was made clear to the court with a drink driving conviction in 2005 and a violence to secure entry conviction in 2020. He was also previously handed 6 points on his licence for failing to identify the driver of a vehicle.
Defending, Mr Keel said that his client – a plasterer – suffers from physical and mental health problems and at the time of the incident was unable to see his children.
Magistrates handed Jason Stone a 21-month driving ban and fined him £120, as well as ordering him to pay £85 costs with a £34 surcharge.
a plasterer – suffers from physical and mental health problems and at the time of the incident was unable to see his children.
…yeah right – damage limitation technique aimed at getting a lighter sentence – not surprised his former partner wouldn’t let him see the kids- especially if this is how he conducts himself.
thank christ he’s piss.d off the island, waster
‘Funny that. – I’ve got physical problems and suffer with depression but I don’t go around breaking the law!
This excuse is used alot now.
Usual crass lies of mental and physical health problems designed to sway a gullible weak judiciary. Clearly an extremely low IQ parasite on the community. Should have gone to jail for a long time and be forced to mix with “the lads” where the soap gets dropped.
Could have been manslaughter why are lenient sentences not looked into? Do the
magistrates live in a different world to the rest of us?