A dopey Scots driver crashed his pal’s new BMW right into a parked van whereas displaying off with a sequence of wheel spins.
Kieran Bain misplaced management of the automobile whereas performing the manoeuvres in an Edinburgh cul-de-sac.
The 23-year-old and the car’s proprietor, who was his passenger, fled from the scene following the collision.
Bain appeared on the metropolis’s sheriff courtroom on Thursday and admitted driving with out due care and a focus and with out insurance coverage.
He was banned from getting behind the wheel for ten months after a sheriff branded his antics “foolish within the excessive”.
Fiscal depute Gillian Koren stated the incident passed off in Southhouse Grove within the Burdiehouse space at round noon.
Ms Koren stated witnesses heard the black BMW’s engine “revving loudly” and noticed it “performing wheel spins and driving up and down the road”.
The prosecutor stated Bain “misplaced management subsequent to a grass verge” and collided with a Ford Transit van.
The courtroom heard the van was shunted ahead and got here to relaxation beside a backyard fence.
Ms Koren stated: “Each driver and passenger ran from the car.”
Defence agent Colin Severin stated Bain’s pal had simply bought the BMW and so they have been “taking it out for a spin”.
Mr Severin stated his unemployed consumer had been “displaying off”.
The solicitor stated Bain had collected six penalty factors on his licence because the incident, which passed off on November 14 2019.
Sheriff Adrian Fraser stated Bain’s driving deserved an outright ban.
Bain, of the town’s Gilmerton space, was disqualified for ten months and ordered to hold out 63 hours of unpaid work.