Paul Hutton loses his license after joyride in pink Barbie car

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A Monday morning giggle for you...

Paul Hutton, 40, was pulled over by police as he drove an electric Barbie car, which moves slower than a mobility scooter, near his home in Essex.

Mr Hutton, who has four children Simon, 17, Calum, 14, Laina, 12, and John, 11, admitted being a 'complete twit'.

Speaking after the hearing at Colchester magistrates court, he said: "You have to be a contortionist to get in, and then you can't get out.
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"Originally it was a pink Barbie car but I put bigger wheels on it but it's not fast.

"I'm not unhappy with my punishment, just a little bit surprised."

Mr Hutton, who is divorced, is a former RAF aeronautical engineer who now studies electrical engineering at Colchester Institute.

He explained: "I'm in the third year of my electrical engineering course and it was a little project I was doing with my son who is doing a car mechanics course.

"When it was done I couldn't resist the temptation to take it out."

Mr Hutton, was found to be twice the drink-drive limit, he said.

Appearing before magistrates last week, he admitted driving the toy car while drunk.

He was given a mandatory three-year ban because he had received another drink-drive ban within the past ten years.
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The car was confiscated by police until the hearing but Mr Hutton now hopes to get it back.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...arbie-car.html

[moonlilly1981]

I love it!

[biteme]

So he's banned from driving toy barbie cars?

[Marv]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...car-drunk.html

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He took the Barbie car home after finding it abandoned ten years ago and has been tinkering with it ever since.

About eight months ago he started rebuilding it with his eldest son Simon, 17, who is doing a car mechanics course.

Modifications to the vehicle - which is aimed at three to five-year-olds and runs on a 12v battery - include adding larger wheels and changing its body colour from pink to white.

Mr Hutton had been drinking on March 28 when he decided to show the jeep off to a friend who lives just 500 yards away.

Police spotted him at 9pm with his knees tucked up under his chin ambling along Brooklands Road, which is named after the motor racing circuit.

He was arrested when he ignored warnings for him to stop and tried to make a very slow getaway. 'The police car came up alongside me and the officer said, "Are you all right there?"' he said. 'When I tried to talk I realised how drunk I was.

'A lot of burble came out. There was a dispute at first between the officers as to what the legalities of it were. Then they decided I was to be done for drink-driving.

Mr Hutton was caught drunk at the wheel of this electric Barbie car