42-year-old TV presenter, Ant Mc Partlin, who was involved in a drink-driving car crash in March, pleaded guilty at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court. He was given a 20-month driving ban, and a fine of £86,000.
On Sunday 18thMarch, the television star crashed his vehicle into two other cars – he crashed head on with restaurant owner Faheem Vanoo's car who was travelling with hiswife Shilpa Dandekar, andtheir four-year-old daughter, Amaira.
At the scene of the accident, Ant McPartlin was breathalysed and he was found to have 75 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, whereas the legal limit is 35 microgrammes.
Outside the sentencing, the TV star spoke briefly outside the court. He said, “I just want to say I'm truly sorry for what happened. High standards are expected of me, I expect them of myself. I've let myself down, I let a lot of people down. And for that I am truly sorry. I'd like to apologise to everybody involved in the crash and I'm just thankful no one was seriously hurt.”
