A care home assistant provided false details after he crashed his car into a parked vehicle causing £3,000 worth of damage, a court has heard.

Toby Wood, of the Edremony estate in Port Erin, had no insurance or full driving licence when he drove his Ford Fiesta into the Citroen C3 on Alberta Drive in Onchan.

High Bailiff Jayne Hughes sentenced the 21-year-old to 100 hours of community service after he pleaded guilty to failing to report an accident, careless driving, having no insurance, and a licence offence.

He was also banned from driving for nine months and must take an extended test at the end of the ban.

Prosecuting advocate Hazel Carroon told the court that Wood was driving his Fiesta down Alberta Drive on January 6 when he collided with the Citroen.

A woman called a vehicle recovery company to collect the Fiesta but when Wood was asked for his name he said he was ’Nicky Miany’.

Wood then knocked on the door of a woman who he thought was the owner of the Citroen and apologised for crashing into her car.

He told her that his name was ’John Duncan’ and that he lived at Ballamaddrell in Port Erin.

But when asked for his insurance details he was said to have become nervous and in a rush to leave.

When later spoken to by police, Wood denied being involved in the accident and said he had sold the car to a man called ’Kofi Ray’ and that Mr Ray had collected it before the accident.

Wood told police he had arranged to meet Mr Ray on Snapchat and had met him at an unknown location and been given cash for the car.

He claimed he had never driven the Fiesta and said that even when he initially bought it a friend had collected it for him. Wood then told police he would never lie because he had recently been in court for other offences.

He was fined £520 in November after admitting driving without insurance and a licence offence and had his licence endorsed with eight points.

However, while in a police cell, Wood said he wanted to be interviewed again and admitted crashing the Fiesta, saying he had lied because he had been scared.

He claimed the vehicle had ’switched off’ while he was driving and the wheel had locked, causing him to crash.

He said he had probably given false details because he was in shock. A vehicle examiner found no faults with the Fiesta.

The court heard the Citroen was being looked after by a woman as the owner is in a nursing home and the owner’s insurance will not pay out due to them moving from their address to the home.

The car was said to be worth £1,000 whereas repairing it would cost £3,000.

Wood represented himself in court and said that had been ’stupid’ and ’immature’.

High Bailiff Mrs Hughes said the case was aggravated by Wood’s lying at the scene and the fact that the complainant would be left without compensation due to him not being insured.

He was also ordered to pay £125 costs.