A drink-driver called the police after drinking five pints and crashing into a lamppost. Robert Heath, 37, had just picked up a McDonald's meal when "a momentary lapse in concentration" saw him collide with the post at Palm Court Island in Derby
Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court heard how the dad-of-two called the police to tell them exactly what he had done, that he would be over the legal limit and that he would remain at the scene until they arrived. It was the end of a bad day for Heath, the court heard, DerbyshireLive reports.
The hearing told how Heath had walked to a party and then, after getting home from it, decided to get behind the wheel of his Skoda Octavia and drive to the fast-food restaurant at Markeaton roundabout. It was after collected his food that he collided with a lamppost.
