Soldier took Mercedes and stole phone before being stopped for drink-driving

A soldier who took a Mercedes and damaged it while over the drink-drive limit has been ordered to pay out more than £2,800.

Private Eric Thompson from Clive Barracks at Tern Hill, near Market Drayton, admitted three charges when he appeared at Telford Magistrates' Court on Friday, January 3.

On the same day he also stole an iPhone, and was later stopped at the wheel of the Mercedes while driving down Hedley Way in Buntingsdale, only a short distance from his barracks. A blood test recorded 133 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, 53 milligrammes over the limit of 80.

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