Drink-driver Matthew Turner crashed into Downham Market roundabout while travelling home from Swaffham wedding
A best man who crashed his car while drink-driving home from a wedding has been disqualified for nearly two years.
Matthew Turner, 29, was travelling home from a ceremony near Swaffham in November when he collided with the roundabout which connects the A10 and A1122 outside Downham.
When a member of the public approached him and asked if he was okay, Turner replied: “No mate. I have had a few drinks and I am f***ed”.
Police attended the scene, and he was arrested after failing a roadside breath test.
He had 82mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath - more than double the legal limit to drive of 35mcg.
Turner, of Brays Lane in Ely, pleaded guilty to drink-driving at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.
He was disqualified for 22 months, while he will also pay a £692 fine, £277 victim surcharge and £85 in court costs.
Mitigating, duty solicitor Tiffany Meredith said that drink-driving is not something that Turner “usually does”.
“He thought he had booked a hotel room, but when he went to check in after the wedding there was a problem with the reservation,” she said.
“He didn’t feel particularly impaired, so he got in the car to drive himself and his partner home.”
The solicitor added that Turner, who works as a roofer, collided with the roundabout after “not taking it at the correct angle”.