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A Domino’s employee who was arrested after he crashed one of the pizza delivery cars has admitted a number of road traffic offences including drink driving and driving dangerously.
20-year-old Thomas James Langton pleaded guilty to seven charges in the Magistrate’s Court this week, after he took one of the Domino's cars around 04:00 on Sunday 25 March after a night of drinking.
Police Legal Advisor, Susie Sharpe, told the Court that Langton had taken the work car from St. Saviour's Road without permission and without insurance to drive, to his staff accommodation at St. Brelade's Bay Hotel, after he had been out that night with a friend in town.
She explained that he had committed dangerous driving offences as he had driven down Mulcaster Street while it was closed to traffic. Not only did he risk hitting pedestrians who wouldn’t have expected a car, but he was also driving at a speed of around 42mph in a 30mph zone.
CCTV footage then shows Langton driving the orange smart car through the Esplanade onto Victoria Avenue at 67mph.
Ms Sharpe told Magistrate Bridget Shaw that the passenger with Langton described his driving as scary, reckless and dangerous during a police interview.
Pictured: Langton has admitted to careless driving after rolling the Domino's car over when he clipped a kerb at the Airport Roundabout. (Google Maps)
Langton has also admitted driving without care and attention when he rolled the Domino’s car over, after he clipped a kerb at the airport roundabout along L’Avenue de la Reine Elizabeth II, which resulted in a police witness appeal.
Magistrate Shaw disqualified Langton from driving, warning him “…from this moment on you may not drive any vehicle in the island.”
He has been remanded on bail and will be sentenced on 6 June 2018.
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