Unlicensed Wigan motorist crashed a car that wasn't his while more than three times the drink-drive limit

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A young Wigan man has admitted to a series of motoring crimes including taking someone's car without permission and driving it while almost four times over the drink-drive limit and crashing it.

Callum Mawdsley, 25, of Chesterton Close, Worsley Mesnes, appeared before borough magistrates to plead guilty to taking a silver Ford Focus without the owner's consent on September and then causing a road accident which damaged the vehicle.

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The hearing was told that Mawdsley gave a reading of 126 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath when the legal limit is 35 microgrammes.

He also admitted driving the car without a licence or insurance and to a bail breach four days later.

He has been remanded on conditional bail pending sentence on October 24.