AN unlicensed Bushfield driver who twice crashed after drinking alcohol has been placed on a community corrections order.
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Jaiden Marcus Schneebeli, 21, of Rodgers Place, pleaded guilty in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court to multiple counts of drink-driving, careless driving and unlicensed driving.
His licence had been disqualified after he was caught hooning behind the wheel.
Schneebeli was also previously jailed on drug offences and had a four-month suspended jail sentence hanging over his head.
Police said that on July 2 last year Schneebeli went to a pool tournament at a Warrnambool pool hall, where he drank alcohol, and at 4.30am drove his mother’s Mitsubishi Lancer home.
At 4.45am Schneebeli turned into Rodgers Place, lost control and stuck two small trees on the opposite side of the road.
He walked the 100 metres to his home and called police. When officers arrived he was drinking a stubbie.
A blood sample taken from Schneebeli returned a reading of .129.
An expert said the driver had to consume five cans of beer to get to that reading.
At 1.50am on August 31 Schneebeli drove from Bushfield to Warrnambool in his white Holden Commodore stationwagon and then south down Banyan Street.
The court was told he looked up after reading a phone credit receipt to find he was headed directly at a parked car, which he crashed into, pushing it into another parked car.
Police checks revealed Schneebeli was still unlicensed. He recorded a blood-alcohol reading of .029.
Schneebeli told police that when he looked up he could not avoid a collision.
Magistrate Peter Mellas said there was a good reason Schneebeli did not have a driver’s licence — he was “a crap drivRer”.
Schneebeli will now not be able to apply for a driver’s licence for another 12 months.
Mr Mellas said it was clear Schneebeli had a problem with alcohol and it was time he did something about it.
He noted Schneebeli had made significant changes and improvements to his life.
Schneebeli was convicted, fined $1000 and placed on a CCO for 12 months with conditions he undertake treatment for alcohol issues and programs to reduce the chances of reoffending.
No action was taken in relation to the suspended jail sentence, which will continue until the end of this year.
