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.
Robert Caton, 50, of Cusden Drive, Andover, who admitted dangerous driving, had a grudge against the store over the failed delivery of a bed.
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".
Winchester Crown Court heard on Friday how Caton had drunk two bottles of whisky before his 1983 Rolls-Royce ploughed into the supermarket.
Judge Keith Cutler said it was "an appalling act of driving with horrific and frightening consequences".
"If every citizen of this country who felt aggrieved against a shop or a bank acted like you there would be complete mayhem," he said. "Frustration is no defence or mitigation."
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