A BAKERY supervisor from Dunfermline was drunk at work then took a works vehicle which he crashed.

Mark McConnell, 26, from Johnston Crescent, stole the vehicle after being told to go home from his job at Stephens the Bakers premises in Rosyth.

He had been banned from driving less than a month before and has now been jailed.

McConnell appeared back in the dock at Dunfermline Sheriff Court where he admitted a string of offences.

On January 21 at Stephens Bakery, Primrose Lane, Rosyth, he stole a vehicle.

In Primrose Lane, Kingseat Road, Sandpiper Drive and other roads he drove while disqualified.

In Sandpiper Drive, he failed to stop after colliding with a metal fence, causing damage to it.

He also admitted he failed to provide samples of breath.

Depute fiscal Jill Currie said McConnell had been working in his job as night shift supervisor at Stephens in Rosyth.

In the early hours of the morning the bakery manager received a call at home from another staff member concerned that two workers, including McConnell, were intoxicated.

When the manager arrived, he told the two workers to go home.

Shortly afterwards he was told that one of the firm’s vehicles was missing and it was believed McConnell had taken it.

The police were then contacted and told that the vehicle had been stolen by someone who was drunk and was banned from driving.

Officers saw metal railings damaged and car debris at Sandpiper Drive. They then found McConnell behind the wheel of the vehicle in Kingseat Road.

It had a punctured tyre and the front of the vehicle was badly damaged.

McConnell became aggressive towards officers and would not do a breath test.

Defence solicitor Chris Sneddon said: “Things were getting on top of him. He was dismissed as a result of this not surprisingly. He knows he has put himself at serious risk of a custodial sentence.”

Sheriff James Macdonald told McConnell, “This was a serious breach of trust. As a supervisor you unlawfully took possession of this vehicle and drove in an appalling manner which resulted in you colliding with a safety barrier at a pedestrian crossing.

“It’s fortunate it was in the dead of night or there would have been the potential of more serious consequences.”

He jailed McConnell for four months and banned him from driving for three years.

In December, McConnell was fined £1,410 and banned from driving for 16 months.

On that occasion he had crashed into a parked car after consuming a bottle of vodka and then assaulted a man following the incident.