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| A drunk driver who drove his Rolls- Royce into a Tesco supermarket in Hampshire has been jailed for 16 months and banned from driving for five years. | A drunk driver who drove his Rolls- Royce into a Tesco supermarket in Hampshire has been jailed for 16 months and banned from driving for five years. |
| Winchester Crown Court heard Robert Caton, 50, of Cusden Drive, Andover, had a grudge against the shop over a failed delivery of a mattress. | Winchester Crown Court heard Robert Caton, 50, of Cusden Drive, Andover, had a grudge against the shop over a failed delivery of a mattress. |
| Six people were injured in the incident on 20 May and it cost more than £20,000 to repair the damage caused. | Six people were injured in the incident on 20 May and it cost more than £20,000 to repair the damage caused. |
| Sentencing him, the judge called Caton's actions an "appalling act". | Sentencing him, the judge called Caton's actions an "appalling act". |
| 'Horrific consequences' | |
| Winchester Crown Court heard on Friday how he had drunk two bottles of whisky before his car ploughed into the supermarket. | |
| Judge Keith Cutler said it was "an appalling act of driving with horrific and frightening consequences". | Judge Keith Cutler said it was "an appalling act of driving with horrific and frightening consequences". |
| The court heard the six women who were injured suffered cuts, bruising and shock and one woman, who was 20 weeks' pregnant and had already suffered two miscarriages, needed to go to hospital. | |
| Caton, who had depression, had "simply snapped" on the day of the incident because he had saved up for a bed and cupboard for his three-year-old son which was not delivered, the court was told. |