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A LITHUANIAN driver who took his father's car while drunk before smashing it into a taxi could be deported on his release from jail.
Gintas Luksys was still more than twice the legal alcohol limit almost four hours after the crash on Dunstall Street, Scunthorpe.
Luksys, 22, admitted aggravated vehicle taking, driving over the prescribed alcohol limit, driving without insurance and driving without a licence.
He was locked up for 15 months and could face deportation following his release.
Jonathan Sharp, prosecuting, told Grimsby Crown Court that at just before 4am on March 3, Luksys took his father's car without permission from their home on Ashby Road in Scunthorpe.
He said: "He had been drinking heavily.
"He drove erratically over a short distance before he emerged at speed from a tenfoot off Dunstall Street and collided with a taxi.
"The force of the impact meant the taxi was spun 180 degrees and the driver, Dilwar Hussain, was knocked briefly unconscious and sustained injuries.
"The impact was such that the car belonging to his father had its airbags inflated."
Luksys ran off and returned home in a taxi.
He was arrested at home and found with blood on his face.
He told officers this was a result of injuries sustained by his father kicking him in the face.
Luksys gave a blood sample almost four hours after the crash that gave a reading of 166mcgs of alcohol in 100ml of blood. The legal limit is 80mcgs.
The court heard that Mr Hussain suffered a cut to the left eye brow, a fracture to the bridge of his nose, bruising and aches and pains.
The prosecutor said the car, which was Mr Hussain's livelihood, had been written off – and he said he felt frightened to drive.
Pamela Coxon, mitigating, said in the period since the incident, Luksys had secured employment and was paying back money to his father for the damage caused.
She said Luksys moved to the UK in 2007 and had never obtained a UK licence.
He had previous convictions for failing to provide a sample of breath and driving without a licence or insurance.
Judge Graham Robinson said the case was "as bad an aggravated vehicle taking case as I am likely to see".
And he went on to say that the amount of alcohol in Luksys' system while driving would have been considerably higher to the reading he gave at the police station.
He said: "You were concerned only for yourself as you ran away. How selfish."
As well as being locked up, Luksys was disqualified from driving for three years. Reported by This is 2 days ago.
A LITHUANIAN driver who took his father's car while drunk before smashing it into a taxi could be deported on his release from jail.
Gintas Luksys was still more than twice the legal alcohol limit almost four hours after the crash on Dunstall Street, Scunthorpe.
Luksys, 22, admitted aggravated vehicle taking, driving over the prescribed alcohol limit, driving without insurance and driving without a licence.
He was locked up for 15 months and could face deportation following his release.
Jonathan Sharp, prosecuting, told Grimsby Crown Court that at just before 4am on March 3, Luksys took his father's car without permission from their home on Ashby Road in Scunthorpe.
He said: "He had been drinking heavily.
"He drove erratically over a short distance before he emerged at speed from a tenfoot off Dunstall Street and collided with a taxi.
"The force of the impact meant the taxi was spun 180 degrees and the driver, Dilwar Hussain, was knocked briefly unconscious and sustained injuries.
"The impact was such that the car belonging to his father had its airbags inflated."
Luksys ran off and returned home in a taxi.
He was arrested at home and found with blood on his face.
He told officers this was a result of injuries sustained by his father kicking him in the face.
Luksys gave a blood sample almost four hours after the crash that gave a reading of 166mcgs of alcohol in 100ml of blood. The legal limit is 80mcgs.
The court heard that Mr Hussain suffered a cut to the left eye brow, a fracture to the bridge of his nose, bruising and aches and pains.
The prosecutor said the car, which was Mr Hussain's livelihood, had been written off – and he said he felt frightened to drive.
Pamela Coxon, mitigating, said in the period since the incident, Luksys had secured employment and was paying back money to his father for the damage caused.
She said Luksys moved to the UK in 2007 and had never obtained a UK licence.
He had previous convictions for failing to provide a sample of breath and driving without a licence or insurance.
Judge Graham Robinson said the case was "as bad an aggravated vehicle taking case as I am likely to see".
And he went on to say that the amount of alcohol in Luksys' system while driving would have been considerably higher to the reading he gave at the police station.
He said: "You were concerned only for yourself as you ran away. How selfish."
As well as being locked up, Luksys was disqualified from driving for three years. Reported by This is 2 days ago.