I love this one from the Daily Mirror in the week!
A father-of-eight (good start) was involved in a high-speed police chase through Portsmouth at 3.30 in the morning. The chase lasted for two miles and four minutes, and ended with John Williams crashing into a fence.
Williams tried to blame the episode over grief at the death of his pet parrot.
Bearing in mind that Williams has a list of previous convictions (he’s been banned from driving nine times, and at the time of the incident was on bail for stealing from a car and going equipped for theft. He was later jailed for 25 weeks for that) it is hardly surprising that he “panicked” when a police car started following him on his 3.30am drive.
He was jailed for a further 4 months and banned for another three years. Not referring to Williams, but speaking hypothetically about someone I made up with similar previous form, such a sentence could easily translate as only being banned for a couple of months until they get out and start driving in the middle of the night again. I just wonder what excuse such a person would have next time now the parrot one has been used up?