A Polish farm worker who enjoyed a few drinks in Whitland before driving back to his home drunk and rolling his car over has been charged in court.
Twenty-five-year-old Lukasz Piotr Iglik, of Pendine Hill, appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court, on Tuesday, to plead guilty to a charge of driving his Honda Civic vehicle on the B4328 road between Whitland and Tavernspite, after exceeding the prescribed limit of alcohol.
Prosecutor Vaughan Pritchard-Jones told the court that around 2.45 am on July 22, a 999 call came into police officers to attend a road traffic collision.
“When officers attended the scene, they saw a Honda Civic car on it’s roof and a landrover that had stopped.
“There was one male who had been a passenger in the Honda who had an injury to his head that was bleeding profusely. Mr. Iglik and another friend were at the scene, and initially neither would say who had been driving when police spoke to them.
“They were both breathalysed and at the police station, Mr. Iglik admitted that he’d been driving the vehicle, stating that he had been going too fast and lost control on a corner.
“He said that he’d been drinking at the Station House in Whitland and had consumed three pints and 50ml of wine. The defendant told police that normally he would only consume perhaps three pints in a week, and that he also hadn’t eaten that day since breakfast,” added Mr. Pritchard-Jones.
The defendant gave a reading of 80 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
Defence solicitor Jonathan Webb told the court that Mr. Iglik was a farm worker and although he knew he would lose his licence, his job appeared to be safe.
“He accepts that he cannot drive from field to field over the public roadway when working on the farm,” he said.
Magistrates disqualified Mr. Iglik from driving for 20 months and fined him £300 for the offence.
He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £85 and a £30 victim surcharge.