THIS is the shocking moment a drink-driver puts on a clueless act when quizzed by cops after causing a horrific crash that left a woman needing her arm amputated.
Leigh Brean, 43, downed 10 pints in five hours before smashing his Volkswagen Tiguan into a Fiat 500 travelling in the opposite direction of the A38 near Bristol Airport.
Video grabs shows police confronting Leigh Brean who refused to admit his heinous crimeswns
The drink-driver smashed into a woman driving a Fiat 500 on the opposite side of the roadswns
Leigh had two passengers in the car with him at the timeswns
He had two passengers in the car at the time on October 28, 2023.
Footage from the scene shows cops quizzing Brean who refuses to participate while casually smoking a cigarette.
A cop can be heard asking: “Who’s vehicle is this? Who was in the vehicle?”
To which Brean replies: “I was.”
He then tells them that “the driver has gone”.
The 43-year-old continued to plead his innocence, insisting he was not the driver and then refused to complete a roadside test, MailOnline reports.
Brean had been overtaking two bendy buses in a no overtaking zone when he crashed into his victims driving a Fiat 500.
One of the victims, who has been described as a “business woman” was put into an induced coma for two months following the incident.
Her arm was amputated to her elbow but she later died due to sustaining such traumatic injuries also to her leg and brain.
The second victim suffered extensive internal bleeding and bruising after the crash.
Brean was jailed for three years and two months and banned from driving for 11 years and seven months.
The sentence comes after he pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by driving and for failing to provide a specimen.
The family of one of the victims said: “The best part of this sentence was the length of the driving ban.
“We are aware of how many careless drivers there are on the road and the fact that there is one less on the road is a very welcome prospect.
“We hope that other judges in the future may make note of this aspect of Brean’s sentence.”
At the sentencing Judge Martin Picton said: “Your decision to drive when drunk has resulted in the infliction of unimaginable harm to (your victim).
“She was someone full of energy and enthusiasm for life and a successful businesswoman. She was physically very active both at work and at leisure.
“As a result of your actions, her life is now a shadow of that which it once was and she will never recover from the harm you caused when you chose to drive dangerously and when heavily intoxicated.
“Your remorse will provide no comfort to the female victim, her family or her partner who has also suffered harm as a result of being in the car at the time of the collision.”
Officer in the case, DC Victoria Anderson, said she hoped Brean’s conviction will “serve as a strong deterrent” to anyone considering getting behind the wheel of a car when they are under the influence.
She added: “This case has shown how the impact of one decision can have a life-long impact on all those involved.
“The victims and their families have shown incredible strength and resilience in the face of such adversity and their patience as they waited for justice to be served has been rewarded.
“But they now have to live with the impact of one individual’s complete recklessness.”
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