Driver loses licence after grabbing beer can from stag do minibus while doing 70mph on a motorway | The Sun
A DRIVER has lost his licence after he took a can of beer from a stag-do minibus while doing 70mph on a motorway.
Paul Holmes, 24, was seen reaching through his window to grab the tin from a reveller.
A court heard that the civil engineer said he was having “a bit of a laugh” and denied drinking the alcohol, saying he gave it to his friend in the passenger seat.
Debbie Leadbetter, defending, said: “They were passing this group of people who started to gesticulate and wave to them. There was banter.
“He got caught up in the fervour and bizarrely agreed to take this can and give it to his friend.
“Throughout this time he had full control of the vehicle and did not look away from the road.”
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Holmes, who admitted dangerous driving, had been heading home to Clitheroe, Lancs, after seeing his children in Birmingham.
He was caught on the dashcam of another vehicle taking the can on the M6 between junctions 16 and 17 on February 4, and traced by police.
Mark Olszewski, chairman of the bench at Stoke crown court, said: “The potential outcome of that behaviour could have been catastrophic.”
Holmes was banned for 15 months and handed a 12-month community order with 140 hours unpaid work.
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