A drunk driver who crashed into Nottingham’s historic Guildhall building has been banned from the roads for 16 months.
20-year-old Melvin Mugambe was driving a white Volkswagen Polo when he ploughed into the corner of the listed building, at the junction of South Sherwood Street and Burton Street, shortly before 4am on Tuesday, December 2.
He’d been driving at speed when he lost control of the vehicle, mounted a kerb and collided with the property.
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Nobody was injured – although significant damage was caused to the car.
No structural damage was caused to the building.
Mugambe was checked over by paramedics before response officers arrested him on suspicion of drink-driving. A breath test recorded 59 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 micrograms of breath in 100 millilitres of breath.
Mugambe, of Church Street, Old Lenton, Nottingham, appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on 18 December 18 and pleaded guilty to driving while over the limit for alcohol and dangerous driving.
He was handed a 16-month driving ban and ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work within 12 months.
He must also pay £85 in court costs and a £114 victim surcharge.
Mugambe was told the driving ban will be reduced by 16 weeks if he completes a Government-approved rehabilitation course by October 26 2026.