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A SON smashed up his dad's prized BMW by ploughing into five neighbours' cars after a binge drinking session.
Elliot Lewis, 20, took his father's £30,000 BMW 3 Series despite never having taken a single driving lesson.
Dad Shaun Lewis, 48, was "furious" at his boy's drunken rampage - especially as it was the second time he'd stolen and smashed up one of his cars while drunk.
Trainee engineer Elliot Lewis stumbled home after a night out with mates when he decided to take his dad's prized car for a late night cruise.
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But the youngster, of Pembroke Dock, didn't even make it out of his own street.
A court heard he lost control, smashing the back wheel off a neighbour's Volkswagen Golf and denting its driver's side door.
He then sheared a wing mirror off a Citroen, drove into the side of a Ford Fiesta and shunted the rear of a Vauxhall Astra.
Lewis's wrecking spree was brought to sudden halt when he accelerated into the back of a parked transit van - crushing the front end of his dad's black BMW and writing it off.
He got out of the car bleeding with cuts to his hands and torso and ran back home, but a neighbour had watched the incident from their bedroom window and called the police.
Lewis admitted being drunk but told officers he had not been anywhere near his dad's car - despite DNA taken from the car's airbag matching his.
A breath test showed he was almost three times the legal alcohol limit.
Lewis admitted aggravated vehicle taking, driving without insurance, failing to stop after an accident, failing to report an accident and drink driving when he appeared before magistrates in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.
The court heard Lewis was "lucky to have not killed someone".
His probation officer Julie Norman said Lewis had been experiencing "family pressure".
She said: "He is extremely remorseful and has apologised to his neighbours.
"He's not alcohol dependant but binge drinks when he goes out with the boys."
Lewis was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years, and given a three-year driving ban.
A neighbour, who said his car had been left undamaged, said: "Shaun can't believe his boy has gone and crashed another of his family's cars after a night out on the pop.
"He looked furious the morning after it happened. He loved that car.
"His son is usually a good boy but I think this shows he's got an idiotic side to him. He obviously can't handle his drink."
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