Former Entain CEO Kenny Alexanders apologized to a try inwards Perth, Scotland on Fri for drunkenly “borrowing” a fast-food delivery vehicle 12 months ago.

The ex-online play supremo blamed a “moment of madness” for taking the motorcar from outside a Marmaris Kebab and Pizza House inward Perth after an eve of lowering drinking.

Alexander, 52, admitted taking the railcar without the owner’s consent. He also pleaded hangdog to one depend of driving spell over the sound intoxicant demarcation line and unity weigh of driving without insurance.

Alexander quit Entain, and so known as GVC Holdings, unexpectedly finally July after what he called a “reflective lockdown.”

In his 13-year tenure, he transformed the troupe from a bit-part participant into single of the biggest gaming companies inward the world, listed on the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100.

Alexander engineered a identification number of daring high-profile takeovers, including the $1.72 one million million acquisition of bwin.party inward 2015, and 2018’s acquisition of Ladbrokes Coral inward a business deal worth over $5 billion

‘Can’t Explain’

The court of law heard that inwards May 2020, Alexander the Great had been imbibing with a friend. At around 10 pm, after ordering nutrient and fruitlessly trying to bump a taxi, he spotted the keys had been left in the livery vehicle.

The owner of the car, a ruddy Honda hatchback, was picking up a livery and described hearing the wheels twirl as the auto sped off.

He has been mortified by what has happened. He has antecedently been of goodness character, but he doesn’t abnegate any of the offenses,” his lawyer said. “When the obstetrical delivery number one wood [first] arrived, he wheel spoke with him around the prospect of getting a lift home. In truth, the driver is probably non allowed to come that.

“This was when his bit of madness occurred. He jumped inward the motorcar and ended upward I street away, having effectively goaded formerly around the block. He can’t explain what went through and through his mind. When the obstetrical delivery driver approached him, he apologized and offered to pay off for any inconvenience he had caused.”

Fleeing the Scene

When horse parsley heard the police force had been called, he fled the scene of the crime. He was later found waiting for the police force outside his $1 million put up in an wealthy constituent of town.

“It’s me you’re sounding for,” he told them.

“You seem before the lawcourt as a adult male of relatively maturate years, and someone with a hitherto impeccable character,” observed the judge, Sheriff Pino Di Emidio.

Alexander was fined £1,000 and prohibited from impulsive for a year.