A drink-driver has been jailed after crashing his car on the mountain and fleeing the scene.
Paul Anthony Moore, of Court Row, Ramsey, was found by a search and rescue team suffering from hypothermia as he was sheltering in a hut he had broken into on the mountain.
A blood test produced a reading of 133 - the legal limit is 80.
Moore, aged 27, admitted six offences and was sentenced to a total of 16 weeks in prison.
He was also sentenced to an additional 10 weeks after a suspended sentence he was still subject to was activated in part.
Moore was also ordered to pay £588 compensation to the Department of Infrastructure for damaging the hut.
Defending Moore in court his advocate Rebecca Cubbon said: ’Mr Moore had purchased the vehicle from a Facebook advert.
’He accepts he hadn’t checked it was roadworthy. He’d trusted the seller.
’He accepts he didn’t make efforts to get the car insured or change the details of the owner.
’He hadn’t driven it until the night in question, except for the day he purchased it. He had been out with friends and they returned to his flat.
’It was suggested they go and get some food. He didn’t offer to drive but the decision was for him to drive and he accepts that responsibility.
’He accepts it would have been his intoxication that led to the crash.’
Ms Cubbon went on to say Moore had left the vehicle because he had panicked.
’He was in fear of the consequences,’ said the advocate. ’He was out on the mountain for some time, it was cold, so he got in the mountain hut for shelter.
’He didn’t want to freeze to death. You will notice he did suffer from hypothermia when the search and rescue team found him with the assistance of dogs.
’He wants to apologise to all the emergency services and his two friends for not staying at the scene.’
Moore was sentenced to 10 weeks custody for drink driving and six weeks for criminal damage, to run consecutively.
Moore was also banned from driving for three years with a condition to retake his test and attend a drink drive rehabilitation course.
No separate penalty was made for the offences of failing to notify a change of ownership, having no insurance, and two counts of having a defective tyre.