Fast Food Worker Banned From Driving After Drink-Drive Crash In Burgess Hill
- Dominic Kureen
- 6 hours ago
- 2 min read
A fast food worker who crashed his car and left it abandoned in the road has been banned from driving.
Stephen Gray, 41, from St Wilfrid's Road in Burgess Hill, was arrested on Crescent Road on 2 December as part of Sussex Police’s Christmas drink and drug-driving crackdown.
He was found to have 78 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath — more than double the legal limit of 35.
Gray was also charged with failing to stop after a road traffic collision and leaving a vehicle in a dangerous position.
At Brighton Magistrates’ Court on 6 July, he was disqualified from driving for 20 months and given a 12-month community order, including 100 hours of unpaid work.
He was also ordered to pay £650 in costs and a £114 victim surcharge.
He is one of 112 motorists who have so far been convicted following Sussex Police’s Christmas operation, which saw 279 people arrested between 1 December and 1 January.
Other drivers convicted include:
A woman from Sompting who was banned for 18 months after being caught driving on the A27 at Shoreham with cocaine and its main metabolite in her system.
A Peasmarsh barber who was disqualified for 16 months after testing positive for cocaine.
A Rochester man who was banned for 17 months after being found over the limit for cannabis and cocaine in Worthing.
A Crawley man who was disqualified for 18 months after testing positive for cocaine.
A Shoreham man who was fined and banned after being caught driving with cocaine and cannabis in his system.
Sussex Police says it will continue to publicly identify people convicted of drink and drug-driving offences as part of its campaign to raise awareness and deter others.
The force is reminding motorists that the consequences of driving while over the limit can include a minimum 12-month driving ban, an unlimited fine, a criminal record, increased insurance costs and even a prison sentence.
Anyone who knows someone is driving while over the limit or after taking drugs is urged to call 999.
Information can also be reported anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.