A Leicester man man drove his father\u2019s prized Mercedes after a night out and ended up crashing it into a set of traffic lights.<\/p>\n
Deepak Willkha going through a divorce and recently quit his job due to stress went out to meet a friend in Leicester city centre on September 25.<\/p>\n
Willkha, 38-years-old from Queniborough Road, Belgrave, was only about 1.5 miles from the city centre, and decided to take his father\u2019s car.<\/p>\n
Courts heard how he was more than twice the drink-driving limit and only got as far as Belgrave Circle, where he smashed into the traffic lights around 4am on September 26.<\/p>\n
He was arrested by Leicestershire Police and during an interview Willkha, who suffered a cut to his forehead in the crash, said he had been drinking several beers and wines but could not remember how many and \u201cdidn\u2019t know exactly what happened\u201d.<\/p>\n
At the police station he gave a breathalyser reading of 80 microgrammes of alcohol in a litre of breath. The limit is 35 microgrammes.<\/p>\n
He pleaded guilty to drink-driving at Leicester Magistrates Court on Thursday where his solicitor, Perminder Bassi, said: \u201cHe went to meet a friend for a meal and spill out his problems.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne drink led to another. It was a bad judgement call on his part.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was only 1.5 miles from home.<\/p>\n
“The car is his father\u2019s pride and joy and he didn\u2019t want to leave it in the city centre in case it got scratched or something.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been a difficult six months for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Bassi said his client\u2019s 73-year-old father had moved in with him because of illness and was reliant on Willka to bathe him and help him go to the toilet.<\/p>\n
A combination of taking care of his father and stress at work had led to him leaving his job recently, Mr Bassi said.<\/p>\n
He added that Willka\u2019s wife had left him and moved to Wolverhampton with their two daughters.<\/p>\n
The magistrates fined Willka \u00a3326 and ordered him to pay \u00a385 court costs and a \u00a332 victim surcharge.<\/p>\n
He was banned from driving for 18 months.<\/p>\n
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