A drink-driver who accelerated towards a police officer on foot, has been sentenced.

38-year-old Lee Houghton, was arrested after he reversed and accelerated away, directly into the path of a Crawley Response Unit officer on Crawley High Street.

Breath tests showed Houghton had 98 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml breath in his system – almost three times the legal limit.

Houghton was sentenced to 24 weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months. He was also disqualified from driving for 24 months.