Video footage has been released of a drunk driver slurring his words just minutes after killing his friend in a crash.

Jack Nixon was almost twice the legal alcohol limit, as well as over the limit for the breakdown product of cannabis, at the time of the fatal collision in Deal in the early hours of October 9, 2022.

Owen Tagg, Morgan Peay and Natalie Hubbard were passengers in Nixon’s car when he smashed into a railway bridge in Cornwall Road.

Mr Tagg, 21, from Aylesham, who had recently become a father and moved house with his girlfriend, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Childhood friend Mr Peay also had to be airlifted to hospital with severe injuries including a perforated bowel.

Nixon’s girlfriend Miss Hubbard suffered fractures to her foot.

Bodycam footage released by Kent Police today shows officers trying to breathalyse Nixon at the roadside after the incident.

He says: “I can’t, I can’t - I don’t know why you’re holding it in front of me.

He then says: “OK go.”

The test showed he had 58mg of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35mg.

After doing the test Nixon slurs: “Thank you very much. I just really want to go to bed. I don’t even care about other people.”

A drug test also showed Nixon had cannabis in his system. A bag of cannabis as well as ketamine were found during a search of the vehicle.

He was also found to be holding only a provisional driving licence, and had no valid insurance nor MOT when he was driving his purple Volkswagon Polo.

Nixon, of Lancaster Road, Dover, admitted causing death by careless driving through alcohol, causing death by driving while unlicensed, and two counts of causing serious injury by careless driving at Canterbury Crown Court in August.

He was sentenced to nine years and six months in prison on Thursday, November 7.

He was also told he must serve two-thirds of his jail term before he is eligible for release.

Upon release, Nixon will be disqualified from driving for seven years.

Nixon blew a kiss to his family sitting in the public gallery as he was led from the dock down to the court cells last week.

Investigating officer, DC Kayleigh Archer, said: “It is staggering to consider that after drinking alcohol during a night out Nixon got behind the wheel of the car and even stopped to buy more alcohol during his journey before the very worst scenario happened.

“His actions that night had far-reaching, tragic repercussions for all involved, as well as their families and friends.

“Two people were injured, one seriously, and the collision resulted in someone losing their life.

“While Nixon will now go to prison for what he did, my thoughts remain with those who are left behind to come to terms with their loss.”

Prior to the crash, Mr Tagg and Mr Peay had warned Nixon to "watch out" and "sort it out" as he straddled lanes and drove on the wrong side of the road while giving the pair a lift from a night out in Canterbury.

He also claimed he was a "good driver" and would get his passengers "safely home".

Canterbury Crown Court heard he was so drunk it had taken him as many as seven attempts to negotiate a car park exit, knocking over and damaging the machine for entering a registration number.

Nixon, who had posted a video on social media earlier that evening of him downing shots with Ms Hubbard, later claimed when interviewed by police that he may have been "spiked".

He also told the author of a pre-sentence report that he had only had three or four spiced rum drinks.

But on jailing him last week, a judge told Nixon he "detected an element of deliberate minimisation" on his part as his account was "wholly inconsistent" with the evidence against him.