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Drink-driver slurred 'all I have to do is play mental health card' after crash

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Joseph Dearden, 27, has been jailed for his 'callous and cowardly' behaviour

Police body-cam footage has captured the shocking moment a brazen drink-driver who left another motorist severely injured told cops: "All I have to do is play the mental health card!"

CCTV showed Dearden staggering out of the pub, towards the front door and 'acting in a drunken and erratic manner', according to police. He was captured swaying and 'staggering backwards and forwards' clearly unsteady on his feet. The head-on smash with a Ford Fiesta left the 25-year-old driver of the car with life-changing injuries, police have revealed.

 

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