A drink and drug-crazed driver who warned his passengers “watch me kill us all now” as he deliberately crashed into a wall has been jailed for two years and thee months.

Daniel Bourke’s car bounced off a telegraph pole, splitting it, before ending up embedded in the wall in Maidstone and leaving his ex-girlfriend and friend injured.

Maidstone Crown Court heard the 23-year-old coffee shop employee’s car was in poor condition.

The tyres of the VW Polo were bald and he had taken out the rear seat and put new tyres in its place.

Prosecutor Francis Lloyd said he met up with pal Felipe Lima on the evening of October 13 last year. They went to a bar and smoked cannabis.

They saw Chloe Banfield and sat in the car to talk. But Bourke and Miss Banfield argued and he suddenly drove off in Holland Road.

One of the new tyres in the back of the car struck Miss Banfield’s head, knocking her out briefly.

“He was driving aggressively dangerously,” said Mr Lloyd. “He was deliberately trying to crash the car. He was heard to say: ‘Watch me kill us all.’ He drove into a brick wall.”

Miss Banfield suffered a fractured elbow and had to have metal pins inserted into it. She suffered “emotional shock” and was clinically depressed as a result of what happened.

“Obviously, this has been a horrific incident in her life, and indeed Mr Lima’s life,” said Mr Lloyd. “He talks graphically about what was a near death experience.”

Bourke was found to be almost twice the drink-drive limit. A knife he had brandished at the victims was recovered by police.

“It is a concern to me that when emotionally unstable your reaction is to attack the women in your life..." - Recorder David Osborne

He had previously assaulted Miss Banfield on three occasions.

Bourke, of Chapman Avenue, Maidstone, admitted drink-driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving, using a vehicle likely to cause danger, three offences of assaulting Miss Banfield and possessing a blade.

The court was told a psychiatric report found he suffered from an emotionally unstable personality disorder.

Recorder David Osborne said it was an unusual case as it did not involve a prolonged police chase.

“What makes it worse is this was a deliberate attempt to crash the vehicle,” he said. “There was potential for a fatality here. However upset and unstable you may have been it was a highly selfish and dangerous act.

“It is a concern to me that when emotionally unstable your reaction is to attack the women in your life. This piece of driving was an extension of that.

“The reality is, given the seriousness of the offences you have committed only a custodial sentence could be justified.”

Bourke will be disqualified from driving for five years on his release. A restraining order banning contact with Miss Banfield was made for 10 years.