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Dramatic CCTV reveals automobile smash into prime minister’s Chequers property – as drink driver Matthew Wootten is jailed

By Editorial Board Published October 30, 2024 3 Min Read
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Dramatic CCTV reveals automobile smash into prime minister’s Chequers property – as drink driver Matthew Wootten is jailed

Dramatic CCTV photographs have proven the second a drunk driver crashed into the gates of the prime minister’s official nation property.

Matthew Wootten has been jailed after Studying Crown Court docket heard he was almost thrice over the alcohol restrict when his car hit the doorway to Chequers in Buckinghamshire in June.

The 44-year-old was driving a white Volkswagen Scirocco and made no try and decelerate as he intentionally steered in direction of Victory Gate, the listening to was instructed.

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The automobile smashed by means of the gates and hit bollards. Pic: CPS

He smashed by means of the 80-year-old oak gates on 25 June – shortly earlier than the final election when Rishi Sunak was PM.

Wootten additionally hit bollards behind the gate and significantly injured himself, the court docket heard. The injury totalled greater than £38,000.

Matthew Wootten was jailed at Reading Crown Court. Pic: Thames Valley Police

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Matthew Wootten was jailed at Studying Crown Court docket. Pic: Thames Valley Police

Senior crown prosecutor Celia Mardon stated: “CCTV footage showed that Wootten intentionally drove at speed towards the gates of the Chequers estate.

“Not solely did Wootten trigger important injury to the Victory Gate, however he might even have put the lives of others in danger together with his reckless driving.”

Rishi Sunak in Chequers in October 2023. Pic: PA

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Rishi Sunak was prime minister on the time of the crash on the PM’s Chequers property. Pic: PA

On the time, Thames Valley Police stated the motive force – who was the one individual within the automobile – had “suffered serious injuries”.

A number of cans of alcohol have been found in Wootten’s automobile, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) stated.

After his arrest, he registered a blood alcohol studying of 221 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The authorized restrict is 80 milligrams.

Wootten, from Nice Kimble, Buckinghamshire, pleaded responsible to prices together with harmful driving, drink driving and damaging property being reckless as as to if life is endangered.

He was sentenced on Wednesday to 2 years and eight months in jail and disqualified from driving for 40 months.

Chequers has been the official nation residence of British prime ministers since 1921 and boasts an indoor swimming pool and a whole lot of acres of gardens.

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