Drug driver from Chapel St Leonards had no insurance

When police stopped a car whose driver was recorded as having no insurance, they found the driver smelling of cannabis, a court has been told.

Charlie George Patrick, 24, of Buckingham Drive, Chapel St Leonards, admitted driving under the influence of cannabis, possessing cannabis and having no insurance or a valid driving licence, when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court.

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Prosecuting, Marie Stace said he was stopped in the Hyundai on Roman Bank in Skegness at 2.40pm on June 19 and provided a positive drugs wipe which showed a measurement of seven microgrammes of cannabis in his bloodstream, the legal limit being two.

She said he also produced a cannabis spliff which was in the car and admitted he did not have a valid licence nor insurance.

He was banned from driving for a year and fined a total of £240 and ordered to pay £115 in court costs and charges.

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