Lengthy ban for drug driver

A motorist who tested positive for cocaine and was one-and-a-half times the drug drive limit has been banned from driving for 18 months.
Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' CourtWigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court
Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court

David Green, of Ince Green Lane, was also ordered to pay £266 costs at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates’ Court this week having pleaded guilty.

The hearing was told officers stopped the 48-year-old while he was driving a Ford car at 2am on Warrington Lane on February 6 earlier this year.

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Officers recorded that Green’s eyes were glazed, slightly bloodshot and yellow. He tested positive for cocaine in a roadside test and further analysis found he had a level of 77 micrograms of benzoylecgonine which is a metabolite of cocaine.

The legal limit is 50 micrograms.

Bill Pearson, defending, said Green has “had the worst 12 months of his life” and had turned to a recreational use of cocaine because he was at a “low ebb” with a number of personal issues.

He is now seeking medical help, the court was told.

In addition to the ban he will pay a £161 fine, £85 costs and a victim surcharge of £20.

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