Police charge Lewes man after playing field crash

Emergency services were called to the scene in The Avenue at 11.37pm on Monday (January 30) where the black Peugeot 206 had crossed a pavement, crashed through a hedge and down an embankment into The Paddock.

Police say the driver was checked over by paramedics, but did not require hospital treatment.

Paul Spooner, 29, a mechanic of Queens Road, Lewes, was charged with driving a motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit and using a motor vehicle without third party insurance.

He was bailed to appear at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on February 16.

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