{"id":11143,"date":"2012-12-07T00:42:44","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T00:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=11143"},"modified":"2012-12-07T00:42:44","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T00:42:44","slug":"uninsured-lunatic-learner-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=11143","title":{"rendered":"Uninsured Lunatic Learner: II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This one from Scotland. <a title=\"Drink-driving teenager ploughed car into elderly couple's house\" href=\"http:\/\/news.stv.tv\/north\/204498-drink-driving-teenager-ploughed-car-into-elderly-couples-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liam Donaldson was 16<\/a> when he stole the car of a \u201cfamily friend\u201d after boozing with pals.<\/p>\n<p>He lost control in Aberdeen during the early hours, hit a lamp post, went through a garden wall, and smashed into the property of a couple of OAPs. The car stopped next to their bed, in which they were sleeping at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Donaldson did a runner and was tracked down by his DNA on the airbag (so the police must have had him on record already). The list of charges includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>stealing a car<\/li>\n<li>driving without a licence<\/li>\n<li>driving without insurance<\/li>\n<li>injuring Mrs Gordon (one of the OAPs)<\/li>\n<li>damaging property by dangerous driving<\/li>\n<li>drink-driving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[The Sheriff] told Donaldson: &#8220;This is absolutely appalling. I take it you understand that you face a possible prison sentence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The scumbag has been bailed until January and banned from driving until sentenced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> Scumbag <a title=\"Teenage drink-driver who left pensioner injured and trapped after crashing into the bedroom of her home avoids jail \" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/teenage-drink-driver-who-left-pensioner-1517310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donaldson avoided jail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sheriff William Summers said it was \u201cfrankly astonishing\u201d no one had been more seriously injured.<\/p>\n<p>But he said he could see reasons not to sentence the first offender to detention.<\/p>\n<p>He placed him under an 18-month supervision order and ordered him to carry out a total of 260 hours of unpaid work as a direct alternative to custody.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Scottish legal system isn&#8217;t as good as previous cases had led me to believe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one from Scotland. 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