Ironbridge man admits dangerous driving charge over cafe crash
A man has pleaded guilty to a series of offences relating to an incident where a car crashed into an Ironbridge cafe.
Anthony Barret, 49 and of High Street, Ironbridge, appeared at Telford Magistrates Court on Tuesday (December 30).
Barret pleaded guilty to five charges: dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, failing to provide a specimen, driving with no insurance, and criminal damage.
The charges relate to an incident in the early hours of Monday, when a car reportedly hit the former Eighty-Six'd cafe premises on Waterloo Street, Ironbridge.
Images on social media showed the front of the building, which faces onto the roundabout of the Madeley Road junction with Waterloo Street, with a large board in place of the front door.
Earlier this month it was confirmed that popular chef Adam Purnell, known as the Shropshire Lad, would be setting up a new cafe, called Baked Bean, in the premises in the new year.
The case was adjourned pending a hearing at Shrewsbury Crown Court on a date to be determined.
Barret was granted conditional bail.
