A banned drink driver who ran over a teenage boy, seriously injuring him, then told him “your problem, not mine” and drove off before police arrived is behind bars.
Jan Kozlowski became the first person in Scotland to be jailed under new road traffic laws designed to clamp down on banned drivers.
He admitted causing serious injury to a 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, while driving while disqualified.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard that Kozlowski was handed a road ban on June 2 last year after admitting a drink driving offence.
That was his second similar conviction, having previously been convicted of being in charge of a car while drunk.
Kozlowski, a labourer, was back behind the wheel just days later – driving his works van having failed to tell his employers of his ban.
Then, at 6.20pm on July 9, he was driving on Dundee’s Pitkerro Road when he ploughed into the boy who was crossing the road with friends.
The 40-year-old, who is a prisoner at HMP Perth, pleaded guilty on indictment to a charge of causing serious injury while driving while disqualified.
Kozlowski has also been disqualified from driving for five years.
See Thursday’s Courier for more on this story.