Drink-driver's 15-month ban over Northampton crash that left 74-year-old seriously injured

Pensioner rushed to hospital after collision in Kingsthorpe High Street last September
Kevin Nicholls
By Kevin Nicholls
Published 26th May 2022, 09:46 BST
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Magistrates banned a drink-driver for 15 months over a Northampton crash that left a pensioner seriously injured.

The 74-year-old victim was taken to Coventry’s University Hospital after the collision with a blue Peugeot Spirit MPV driven by Paulin Kaceli in Kingsthorpe High Street at around 12.50pm on September 11, 2021.

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Northampton magistrates heard tests showed Kaceli had 44 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of his breath. The legal limit is 35mg.

Northampton magistrates banned Kaceli for 15 months over a crash in Kingsthorpe High Street which left a pensioner seriously injuredNorthampton magistrates banned Kaceli for 15 months over a crash in Kingsthorpe High Street which left a pensioner seriously injured
Northampton magistrates banned Kaceli for 15 months over a crash in Kingsthorpe High Street which left a pensioner seriously injured

According to police, the Peugeot collided with a parked Mini Cooper. A Nissan Juke and a second Mini were also damaged in the crash.

Crash investigators believe the injured woman had been standing alongside the first Mini.

Kaceli, aged 53, of Birch Barn Way, admitted drink-driving and driving without due care and attention at a hearing earlier this month.

He was fined a total of £660 and ordered to pay £151 towards prosecution costs and a surcharge to fund victim services.