A SERIAL drink driver who stole his father's powerful Mercedes killed a popular Sheffield biker in a head-on smash after downing six bottles of lager.
Dimitri Desmond Wright, aged 35, who has two previous convictions for drink driving and has never held a driving licence, was locked up for six years by a judge at Sheffield Crown Court.
Much-loved father and grandad Steven Eames, 51, was killed when Wright ploughed into his Harley Davidson as he overtook on Hemsworth Road, Norton, in September.
The court heard Wright had taken his father's black Mercedes Kompressor and gone to the pub to meet friends where he had drunk five or six bottles of lager.
He was overtaking on the wrong side of the road when he hit Mr Eames, killing him instantly.
Wright admitted driving over the prescribed limit and causing death by dangerous driving.
Banning Wright from driving for six years and ordering him to take an extended test, Judge Goldsack said Wright had two previous convictions for drink driving in 1995 and 2008.
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