Student caught drink-driving at 123mph - but won't go to jail until after his exams

Ravi Semic has been given a three month jail term, but the judge delayed it for 37 days so he could sit his university qualifications 

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Ravi Semic had his jail term delayed at Wolverhampton Crown Court

A student was caught drink-driving at 123mph - but won't go to jail until after he has finished his exams.
Ravi Semic has been given a three month jail term, but the judge delayed it for 37 days so he could sit his second year qualifications.
Judge Nicholas Webb said he had taken the "unusual step" of delaying the jail term because he didn't
want it to affect the 20-year-old's studies.
A court heard the reckless motorist had only been given the white BMW by his mother a day before he was stopped on the M6 motorway.
Police officers on patrol on the northbound carriageway spotted the student driving at excessive speeds at 12.45am on February 13.


Semic hit speeds of 123mph at one stage while his average speed was between 105mph and 110mph.
He also undertook three vehicles, including a lorry, at 115mph and only slowed down as he was blocked by a lorry on the A454 in the West Midlands.

The student was given the white BMW he was driving by his mother (file pic)

Officers gave chase after spotting Semic who finally stopped in a lay-by after he noticing their flashing lights.
He was then breathalysed and found to be over the drink-drive limit with 40 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - the legal limit is 35.
Semic admitted dangerous driving, driving without insurance and driving under the influence of alcohol when he appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
The student, of Bilston, was sentenced to three months in jail and issued with an immediate disqualification from driving on Thursday.
Judge Webb delayed the prison term until May 31 after he had completed his second year university exams.
Sentencing, he said: "If you are driving in the middle lane and someone comes hurtling past you at this speed, it is startling.
"This was really bad driving so the entirely right sentence I believe is a custodial one.
"I do not want you to forgo a year of study so I am going to make the unusual decision to adjourn your sentence until the end of May.
"By then you will have finished your exams.

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Semic was speeding at 123mph on the M6 (file pic)

"I hope it will not affect your approach to your exams but I am sending you to prison after your exams.
"I am going to adjourn again until May 31.


"You will be disqualified from driving and when you come back here on May 31 your sentence will run from today April 21."
The court heard Semic worked part time running errands at his fathers motorcar trading business.
In police interview he admitted having a couple of pints before driving and told officers he didn't have insurance for the vehicle.

 

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