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Drink-drive doc avoids jail over head-on smash
Birmingham Mail
|January 07, 2026
A SOLIHULL doctor training to be a consultant left a taxi driver with severe injuries after causing a head-on collision while under the influence of alcohol.
Nayer Youakim was found to have twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system when he veered onto the wrong side of Beach Road in North Shields, North Tyneside, colliding with a taxi shortly before midnight on November 24, 2024.
When questioned by police about whether he had been drinking prior to the accident, Youakim responded: “Not too much, two pints.”
However, roadside and custody tests revealed that Youakim, who carries out surgical procedures, had 72 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath, more than double the legal limit of 35 micrograms.
This story is from the January 07, 2026 edition of Birmingham Mail.
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