Bouncers stopped suspected drink-driver from getting back into car

Door staff intervened when a suspected drink-driver hit a lamppost as he parked in front of a Spalding bar.

Just before 10pm on January 28, a Mercedes was seen being driven by Edvinas Kasparavicius towards Bentleys Bar in New Road.

Prosecutor Lottie Tyler told Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday: “As the defendant approaches the venue he’s driven around the mini roundabout and attempted to park outside American Burger.”

Both the driver and a passenger appeared to holding bottles of Budweiser, she added.

“As the defendant parked up, the car rolled over the pavement and hit a lamppost against the wall,” said Miss Tyler.

“The defendant then got out of the car and walked around. He appeared to be struggling and barely able to hold himself up.

“When he attempted to get back in the car, the door staff stood between him and his car to stop him getting back in.”

Kasparavicius was arrested after failing a roadside breath test and later blew 96 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath in his first evidential sample. The legal limit is 35.

However, he refused to give the necessary second one and was charged with failing to provide.

Kasparavicius pleaded guilty to that offence, prompting the prosecution to withdraw a second charge of driving while unfit through drink.

Miss Tyler said he had been interviewed by police.

“He said he was sorry and the fact he was drunk may have had something to do with his poor parking.”

Helen Coney, mitigating, said it was clear that her client shouldn’t have been driving and the collision was slight, causing no damage to his vehicle or the lamppost.

She added: “He provided a sample at the roadside and provided the first sample at the police station.

“He was clearly co-operative with the police up to that point.

“It was a combination of language issues and ability to understand English because of his alcohol level.”

Kasparavicius, of Walters Close, Spalding, was banned for 32 months, which can be cut with completion of a drink-driver rehabilitation course.

He was also ordered to do 135 hours’ unpaid work as part of a 12-month community order and pay £199 in costs and victim surcharge.