A Douglas man has been banned from driving and put on probation after crashing his mother’s car on the Mountain Road.

Anthony Michael Oates lost control of the Toyota Yaris with it ending up on its roof near the junction with Brandywell Road.

The 38-year-old admitted careless driving as well as taking a vehicle without consent and having no insurance.

Oates said he had taken his mother’s car because he was suffering from migraines and was going to get tablets.

High Bailiff Jayne Hughes issued a 12-month probation order and disqualified him from driving for six months.

Prosecutor Roger Kane told the court that police were called to the one vehicle accident on September 4 at 11.05am.

Collision

They spoke to Oates, who said he had lost control in wet conditions and that he did not have permission to drive the car, which belonged to his mother who was off the island.

A witness said that they saw the Yaris come around the corner already out of control and going sideways before it collided with banking.

Oates’ mother later confirmed she had not given her son permission to drive the car and that he was not insured.

When interviewed by police, Oates said he had rounded the bend at about 35mph when he saw a lorry coming in the opposite direction.

He said he had lost control of the car and collided with a hedge causing it to flip over.

The court heard that Oates already had five points on his licence for driving without insurance in May.

Oates told probation that he had taken the car because he had been suffering from migraines for days and had initially gone to his mother’s house to look for tablets.

Migraines

He said he couldn’t find any and he had no money so he decided to drive to Ramsey where a friend had some.

Oates also said that he had also been taking other prescribed medication which may have affected his frame of mind.

The report said that he has been on sickness benefit for 15 years and was unsuitable for community service due to suffering anxiety and depression.

Defence advocate Paul Glover said: ’Mr Oates offered his sincere apologies to his mother.

’He is making every effort to compensate her by selling his own vehicle.’

High Bailiff Jayne Hughes described the taking without consent offence as a ’breach of trust’ and told Oates: ’It is extremely fortunate neither you or anybody else was injured.’

He was also ordered to pay £125 prosecution costs which he will pay at a rate of £10 per week deducted from benefits.