POLICE have released a video showing the moment when officers risked their lives in a bid to stop a drink driver from going the wrong way on the M4.
Guhue Prince has been given an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, and disqualified from driving for four years for the incident.
Police stopped Prince around 4.20am on Saturday, March 2 – he was driving between junctions 12 and 8/9 of the M4, heading to London but in the middle lane of the Westbound carriageway. In the video, police can be seen waiting for him to stop his car.
The 59-year-old, from Harlech Tower Park Road, East London, was arrested – but he was also aggressive to offices and used homophobic language.
A breath test revealed that Prince gave a reading 57ug with the legal limit being 35ug.
Prince pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, using words which could cause distress or harm, driving with alcohol level above limit, and using a vehicle without insurance. He was sentenced at a hearing at Reading Crown Court on Tuesday, April 30.
At his sentencing he was also required to undertake 240 hours of unpaid work, undergo a rehabilitation order and pay a victim surcharge of £140. He will have to take an extended driving test at the end of his driving ban,
Investigating officer PC Benjamin Taylor of the Joint Operations Roads Policing Unit based Taplow, said: “Prince’s driving was extremely dangerous and put the life of other road users at risk and it is extremely fortunate that no one was seriously injured.
“This is a clear reminder of the dangers of drinking and driving and the effects it can have no decision making and on an individual’s ability to drive.
“Drinking driving is not acceptable and one of the fatal four and causes many serious accidents, we would remind the public that it’s not worth the risk.”
