Drunk student crashes millionaire father's £350,000 Aston Martin in Cheshire

Ramazani Mwamba
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A university student from Cheshire has been handed a driving ban after crashing his millionaire father's £350,000 Aston Martin while under the influence. Will Gould was extracted by firefighters from the upscale supercar following an early morning mishap in September.

The 20 year old, hailing from Warmingham near Sandbach, flipped the 211mph DBS V12 barely 800 yards from his family's £2.4 million farm. His father, Colin Gould, aged 50, was away on business at the time and unaware of his son's unauthorized excursion until he returned.

Gould, educated at a Grammar School and now studying agriculture at Harper Adams University, was trapped in the luxury vehicle for nearly three hours before being rescued. Authorities confirmed his arrest at the scene on multiple charges including dangerous driving, drink driving, drug driving, and taking a vehicle without consent.

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Hospital blood tests revealed a reading of 83 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, just over the legal limit of 80 mg. The damage done to the black eight-speed automatic Aston Martin, capable of reaching 0-60mph in a swift 3.2 seconds, remains unspecified.

During interrogation, Gould, who also works at his father's farm, admitted the vehicle was "too big and too quick" for him. Following a five-day hospital stay, he is currently contributing extra unpaid hours on the farm as recompense for his costly error, reports the Manchester Evening News.

At Crewe Magistrates' Court, Gould admitted to charges of drink driving, driving without due care and attention, and driving without insurance. He received a fine of £120, additional costs of £133, and was disqualified from driving for 16 months.

Prosecutor Miss Louise Dempster earlier told the court: "On September 18 of this year, the defendant was driving an Aston Martin on Nantwich Road in Wimboldsley. The defendant was involved in a road traffic collision causing extensive damage to the vehicle and a fence.

"The vehicle ended up on its roof in a field as a result of the collision. The defendant was the sole occupant. As a result of being on its roof, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service was utilised to get the defendant out of the vehicle safely.

"After being removed from the vehicle, a roadside breath test was conducted which was positive for alcohol. The defendant had to be conveyed to hospital due to the injuries caused by the collision. The defendant did not have insurance to drive the vehicle at that time.

"The offence is aggravated by the fact that he was involved in a collision."

In his defence, Gould's solicitor Chris Sweetman remarked: "He is a young man who has been incredibly lucky as a result of his own stupidity.

"He crashed his father's car through a hedge and spent five days in hospital with an enlarged pancreas so he has had to suffer for his own stupidity.

"At the time he took the car, his father was away on business. He liked the car and took it for this drive of about 800 yards before he discovered the car was too big and too quick for him.

"He'd had a drink and lost control of the vehicle and went through a hedge. It is entirely correct to say that the fire and rescue services had to cut him out of the car.

"He accepts though how stupid he has been and he will pay the consequences of that and not just through the disqualification but he also has to do extra work for his father, to pay him for the trouble and inconvenience he has been caused for having his car crashed and off the road.

"That is something they have to deal with as a family.

"He has suffered the consequences of crashing the car and will suffer the consequences of crashing the car of his father. The blood test reading is very marginally over the limit.''

Mr Sweetman added: ''He is a hard working industrious man, currently studying agriculture. He wants to continue farming as his father does.

"His aim is to take over the family business in the future. He will continue to work on the farm on a part time basis while at university studying.

"He has reflected on his behaviour. The consequences of his actions could have been so much worse had this been a different outcome.

"He is lucky. He appreciates how lucky he has been."

Sentencing Gould, JP Annie Walford told him: "Quite simply it was a really stupid thing to do but you do not need me to tell you that.''

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