A drink driver smashed into three parked cars on his way to pick up a friend.
Alexander Boyle was unsteady on his feet, muttering to himself and slurring his words when police attended the scene of the accident, in Heaton, Newcastle, in the early hours of the morning. The 30-year-old immediately told officers "I'm sorry, it's my car, I lost control of it", a court heard.
Boyle, of Whitefield Terrace, in Heaton, was arrested and later gave a reading of 84mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, when the legal limit is just 35. He subsequently appeared in the dock to plead guilty to one count of driving with excess alcohol.
