Millionaire's £350k Aston Martin written off by his drunk son

A millionaire's £350,000 Aston Martin has been written off after his drunk university son flipped it whilst taking it for an illicit 4am spin.

Will Gould, 20, lost control of the 211mph DBS V12 and overturned the supercar into a field when he barely got 800 yards from his £2.4million family farm.

At the time his father Colin, a 50-year-old farmer, was away on business and had no idea about his son's jaunt until he got home.

The youngster from Warmingham, Cheshire, was trapped in the vehicle for up to three hours before firefighters cut him free from the wreckage.

Police said grammar school educated Gould was arrested at the scene on suspicion of dangerous driving, drink driving, drug driving and taking a vehicle without the owner's consent.

Gould, who is currently studying agriculture at Harper Adams University in Shropshire, was taken to hospital where blood tests showed he had 83 micrograms of alcohol per litre of blood. The legal limit is 80 mg.

The extent of the damage to the black Aston Martin, an eight-speed automatic which can achieve 0-60mph in just 3.2 seconds, was not disclosed.

When quizzed by officers Gould, who also works for his father, said the car had been 'too big and too quick' for him.

He spent five days in hospital and is now having to work extra hours for free at the farm to help pay for his 'stupidity'.

Gould pleaded guilty to drink driving, driving without due care and attention and driving without insurance at Crewe Magistrates Court. He was fined £120 with £133 in costs and was banned from the roads for 16 months.

Miss Louise Dempster, prosecuting, said: 'On September 18 of this year, the defendant was driving an Aston Martin on Nantwich Road in Wimboldsley. The defendant was involved in a road traffic collision causing extensive damage to the vehicle and a fence.

'The vehicle ended up on its roof in a field as a result of the collision. The defendant was the sole occupant. As a result of being on its roof, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service was utilised to get the defendant out of the vehicle safely.

'After being removed from the vehicle, a roadside breath test was conducted which was positive for alcohol.

'The defendant had to be conveyed to hospital due to the injuries caused by the collision. The defendant did not have insurance to drive the vehicle at that time.

'The offence is aggravated by the fact that he was involved in a collision.'

In mitigation, Gould's lawyer Chris Sweetman said: 'He is a young man who has been incredibly lucky as a result of his own stupidity.

'He crashed his father's car through a hedge and spent five days in hospital with an enlarged pancreas so he has had to suffer for his own stupidity.

'At the time he took the car, his father was away on business. He liked the car and took it for this drive of about 800 yards before he discovered the car was too big and too quick for him.

'He'd had a drink and lost control of the vehicle and went through a hedge. It is entirely correct to say that the fire and rescue services had to cut him out of the car.

'He accepts though how stupid he has been and he will pay the consequences of that and not just through the disqualification but he also has to do extra work for his father, to pay him for the trouble and inconvenience he has been caused for having his car crashed and off the road.

'That is something they have to deal with as a family.

'He has suffered the consequences of crashing the car and will suffer the consequences of crashing the car of his father. The blood test reading is very marginally over the limit.'

Mr Sweetman added: 'He [Gould] is a hard working industrious man, currently studying agriculture. He wants to continue farming as his father does.

'His aim is to take over the family business in the future. He will continue to work on the farm on a part time basis while at university studying.

'He has reflected on his behaviour. The consequences of his actions could have been so much worse had this been a different outcome.

'He is lucky. He appreciates how lucky he has been.'

Sentencing Gould, JP Annie Walford told him: 'Quite simply it was a really stupid thing to do but you do not need me to tell you that.'