Audi A6 Worcester drink driver crashed in Redditch Road, Alvechurch

Shaan Haque, of Bilford Avenue, Worcester, was told he was fortunate nobody had been injured in the crash just hours after the 20-year-old had been drinking cans of beer. 

Owen Beale, prosecuting, said police were called to the crash on the A441 Redditch Road, in Hopwood, Alvechurch, at 9.10am on December 28 last year. 

Mr Beale said the 20-year-old had immediately identified himself as the driver of the crashed car to officers at the roadside. 

"It was very clear to officers he had been drinking," Mr Beale said. 

COURT: Shaan Haque leaving Worcester Magistrates Court (Image: Sam Greenway/Newsquest)

After failing a roadside breathalyser test Haque was taken to the police station where the evidential sample recorded was 48mcg in 100ml of breath - the legal limit being 35mcg.

Mr Beale said at roadside Haque had told officers he had been drinking, before later saying in police interview he had drunk six cans of Budweiser in the early hours of that morning. 

Mr Beale added an aggravating factor in his case was the accident.

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Jason Patel, defending, said Haque had been drinking with friends and made the wrong decision to drive one of them home, from Worcester to Redditch, that morning. 

Mr Patel said Haque had ADHD and suffered from depression after living in Bangladesh for a period. 

The solicitor said Haque had been employed at DHL but lost that employment after not turning up for work following the crime.

COURT: Shaan Haque appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court

Sentencing Haque, Susan Dowty, chairman of the magistrates bench, said: "You were very lucky nobody was hurt, including you."

Haque was disqualified from driving for 15 months. 

He was offered the chance to take the drink drive awareness court which, if successfully completed, would reduce the ban length by 15 weeks. 

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Haque was fined £120 and ordered to pay court costs of £135 and victim surcharge of £48. 

Haque offered to pay the total, £303, at a rate of £5 a week. 

But this was rejected by magistrates, the chairman ordering he instead pay at a rate of £10 a week so the debt would be cleared earlier.