A drunk driver who told police he crashed his car in an effort to escape people trying to shoot him, was fined $2,500.Kaiwon Trott, 27, from Devonshire, pleaded guilty to several offences, including driving while impaired and causing wilful damage to police property.Magistrates’ Court heard that officers responded to a report of an abandoned vehicle in the Montpelier Road area of Devonshire around 12.51am on December 22.Trott identified himself as the driver of the vehicle, a silver car which had visible damage around one of its front wheels.He initially told the officers that he had been shot at by people on a motorcycle. He then said he had been chased by a motorcycle with an unknown number of riders, one of whom was holding a firearm. He said he crashed the car while trying to avoid them.The officers noticed that Trott’s words were slurred, that he was often incoherent and smelled strongly of alcohol and informed him he would be arrested on suspicion of impaired driving.Trott knocked the officer’s handcuffs keys into a grassy area and struggled until they used Captor spray to detain him.He was taken to Hamilton Police Station where he continued to shout: “You sprayed me. Watch out in St George’s. That’s where you work, right?”Eventually he grabbed a police phone and, despite warnings, threw it to the ground, causing damage.Trott admitted driving impaired, causing wilful damage and not having a driving licence when he appeared in court on Christmas Eve.Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner fined him $1,000 for driving impaired and banned him from the roads for one year.He fined him a further $100 for not having a valid driving licence.He fined Trott an additional $1,000 for causing wilful damage and ordered he pay $400 in reparations immediately.