Unlicensed driver takes dad's Aston Martin on joyride and promptly wrecks it
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Sneaking a ride in your dad’s Aston Martin is never a good idea, but it’s even worse when it’s not his, you don’t have a license and you wreck it.
That’s exactly what 20-year-old George Jones did last November in Painswick, U.K., SWNS reports.
The aspiring musician went for a joyride in an Aston Martin Rapide sedan that his father had rented, hit a truck on a two-lane road and flipped the exotic car. He then abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene, but investigators soon traced its owner and discovered what happened.
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The Rapide is powered by a V12 engine with more than 550 hp and has a top speed of around 190 mph.
Jones was charged with “aggravated vehicle taking” and driving without a license or insurance, and was sentenced to 250 hours of community service and eight months in a young offenders detention center, the latter suspended for 12 months.
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He was also banned from driving for two years and had to pay a £425 ($600) fine.
As for the car, the court was told that it had been worth £50,000 ($65,000) prior to the crash, but just £15,000 ($20,000) afterward and had to be written off.