A disqualified, uninsured drink driver has been sent to jail after he was caught stealing petrol by police. Anthony Smedley was spotted by officers in an unmarked police car as he drove away from a filling station without paying in the early hours of Monday, April 4.
Smedley, aged 30, was pulled over a short time later in Willowbridge Lane, Sutton-in-Ashfield, and found to be slurring his words. He then failed a roadside breath test and was arrested.
Appearing at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, April 5 he pleaded guilty to making off without payment, drink driving, driving whilst disqualified and driving without insurance. He was jailed for 20 weeks.
