Drunk BMW driver killed 77-year-old after four-day binge
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA drunk BMW driver mowed down and killed a ‘fit and healthy’ 77-year-old man following a four-day binge. Tom Ferguson was staying at the Premier Inn hotel in Stockport when staff told him to leave because of his intoxicated behaviour.
They found nine empty bottles of Captain Morgan’s rum in his room. After leaving the hotel, on the A6 Buxton Road, 29-year-old Ferguson was seen staggering into his white BMW 1 Series before driving away.
Moments later, as and his wife were walking back to their car after a hospital appointment, Ferguson mounted the pavement and hit the beloved husband. READ MORE: Man, 37, at centre of Bolton murder investigation is named Ferguson drove off, chased by a member of the public, before crashing into a lamppost nearby.
He pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving; driving without insurance; driving while uninsured; and failing to stop after a road accident.
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