Overview
- Timothy Howells, 54, crashed his learner-marked VW Polo off the A484 between Pembrey and Kidwelly on February 20 while en route to collect a pupil.
- An evidential breath test in custody recorded 132 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath, about four times the legal limit, after an initial roadside reading of 110.
- At Llanelli Magistrates' Court, he received an eight-week prison sentence suspended for 18 months and was disqualified from driving for 30 months after admitting drink driving.
- Bystanders filmed the car in a ditch and shared videos online that captured onlookers addressing the instructor at the scene.
- Dyfed-Powys Police said Roads Policing worked with the CPS and DVSA to safeguard learners, and reports noted he represented RED Driving School as a self-employed franchisee, with the company declining to comment.