A DRINK driver who crashed his car into the wall of a garage before the vehicle flipped over has been banned from the road for two years.

Daniel Janowski, 35, admitted at Weymouth Magistrates Court to driving a motor vehicle when his alcohol level was above the legal limit.

The court heard Janowski, of Carlton Road North, Weymouth, drank a bottle of whisky the night before flipping his car in a collision with the wall of Top Gear Garage in Osmington on Sunday, February 18.

The Echo reported at the time that a car crashed into the garage on White Horse Hill and damaged two stationary vehicles, leaving the road full of debris.

Police confirmed nobody was injured as a result of the crash.

At the hearing, prosecutor Elizabeth Valera said the crash took place just after 9am and that police were called to the A353 on Osmington Hill, where they found Janowski’s car on its roof in the middle of the road.

She said police questioned Janowski, who told officers: “I have been drinking. I am still drunk. I shouldn’t be driving. I am bad, I know.”

Janowski was then breathalysed and had a reading of 115 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, which is more than three times the legal limit of 35 micrograms.

The court heard that Janowski, who moved to live in the UK seven years ago, was driving to visit family members on the morning of the crash.

He had recently split up with his partner, which is what resulted in his excessive drinking, Mrs Valera said.

Janowski told magistrates he was very sorry for what he had done.

The court heard from Janowski’s probation officer, who said the defendant is a man of previous good character with no convictions or dealings with police prior to the incident.

Magistrates heard Janowski recognises the severity of the offence and how he is lucky to not have hurt or killed anyone, including himself.

Magistrates disqualified him from driving for 24 months.

Chairman of the bench, Debbie Boitoult told him: “This means you can’t drive in any vehicle from this moment until the end of your disqualification. If you do, then you will be committing a serious offence.”

Janowski has also been given a community order with a requirement to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work within the next 12 months. He has also been ordered to pay £85 costs and a £85 victim surcharge.