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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Alahna Kindred

Drunk van driver ran over man after social distancing row and then carried on boozing

A drunk driver who ran over a man with his van after arguing about social distancing in a pub has been jailed.

Philip Forrest, 42, had been drinking at the Three Fishes pub in Worthing, West Sussex in October 2020 before the attack.

When he was arrested he also made an outrageous claim that being almost twice the limit was "no big deal" and even boasted to cops of once being four times the limit, Lewes Crown Court heard.

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