# Raging drunk driver deliberately mows down pedestrian outside a pub without realising it is his daughter’s boyfriend

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/raging-drunk-driver-deliberately-mows-down-pedestrian-outside-a-pub-without-realising-it-is-his-daughters-boyfriend/
- Published: 2026-11-05T11:45:25+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T12:03:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16267739/drunk-driver-mows-pedestrian-daughters-boyfriend.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- A drunk driver deliberately hit a man outside a Tonbridge pub.
- The man was his estranged daughter’s boyfriend.
- The driver’s breath alcohol reading was more than twice the legal limit.

## Summary

Scott Simmonds, 49, has been jailed for deliberately driving into Joe Neal outside a pub in Tonbridge after becoming angry when Neal bumped into him on the dancefloor. Simmonds did not know Neal was dating his estranged daughter, who was also struck during the incident.

After throwing a glass and being ejected from the Station House pub on 23 April 2022, Simmonds drove away, collided with another car, then returned and mounted the pavement to hit Neal. Neal suffered no significant injury; Simmonds later told police he had been drinking and wanted to frighten Neal. He was breath-tested at 80 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, more than twice the legal limit of 35. He admitted dangerous driving, drink-driving and failing to stop, and pleaded guilty to the most serious charge on the first day of his trial.

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