Police thermal cam catches drunk driver sleeping in field after killing cyclist

A thermal police camera captured a drunk driver sleeping in a field hours after he killed a cyclist in a hit and run.

Damian Ralph, 38, was found lying in the grass having abandoned his car soon after smashing into 58-year-old Christopher Mardlin on 1 November 2021.

When arrested, he told police he didn’t remember hitting the cyclist, who was pronounced dead at the scene in Cambridgeshire.

A breathalyser test confirmed Ralph was more than twice over the legal limit.

He has since been jailed for seven years and six months.

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