Prosecutor Peter Donnison told Cardiff Crown Court: “The police said he was smelling of intoxicants.
The lamppost was destroyed by Hoffer. Picture: CPS Wales/Cymru “The defendant told them he had drank four pints earlier that evening and that he was banned from driving.” Mr Donnison said Hoffer was breathalysed and gave a reading of 58 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. On Sunday, May 30, the same car was found abandoned by police in Gelligaer, Caerphilly, after it had crashed into a lamppost.
The defendant admitted he took his girlfriend’s car without asking her. Picture: CPS Wales/Cymru