A "car fixated" mentally impaired driver drove the wrong way along the M32 with no lights on and a flat tyre, a court heard.
Bristol Crown Court was told Luke Gillespie had sustained three serious head injuries and suffered from cognitive impairment as well as psychotic illness and participated in substance abuse. The 34-year-old, of St Philip Street in Bedminster, pleaded guilty to taking a vehicle without consent, and dangerous driving while disqualified and uninsured.
Though he was judged to be unfit to be tried he was also found to have committed an act of robbery months later. Today (Tuesday, March 1) Judge James Patrick, who considered evidence from two doctors, imposed a restricted Hospital Order.
