Multiple drivers sentenced for drink and drug driving offences

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Nov, 06:01 · Archive

Several motorists have been jailed, banned and fined in Carlisle and Workington courts this November for drug-driving, dangerous driving and related offences.

Several motorists have appeared before courts in Carlisle and Workington this November for driving offences ranging from drug-driving to dangerous driving and driving without insurance.

Lewis Naisbitt, 19, from Middlesbrough, was jailed for 14 months after admitting dangerous and disqualified driving. He reached 100mph in a 30mph zone during a police pursuit. Naisbitt also admitted failing to cooperate with a roadside drugs test, using a false registration plate and driving without insurance. He was banned from driving for two years following his release and must pass an extended test.

Mohammed Moeen, 28, was banned from driving for 12 months after admitting drug-driving on the M6 between junctions 41 and 42. Carlisle Magistrates' Court heard he had 8.6 micrograms of THC per litre of blood, more than four times the specified limit of two micrograms. He was fined £370 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £148 surcharge.

Shaun Thomason, 36, of Maryport, was banned from driving for three years after pleading guilty to driving with cocaine above the legal limit. West Cumbria Courthouse heard he had 52 micrograms of cocaine per litre of blood after being stopped in Flimby. Thomason was fined £140 and ordered to pay £85 costs.

How it is being reported

• Drivers sentenced for drink, drug and dangerous driving offences this monthNovember court round-up: Carlisle and Workington motorists jailed, fined or banned for dangerous, drug and drink-driving, uninsured driving and a serious crash.News & Star · 15 Nov, 05:00
• Drivers sentenced for drink, drug and dangerous driving offences this monthNovember court round-up: Carlisle and Workington motorists jailed, fined or banned for dangerous, drug and drink-driving, uninsured driving and a serious crash.Whitehaven News · 15 Nov, 05:00

In this story: Lewis Naisbitt · Mohammed Moeen · Shaun Thomason · Carlisle · Workington · M6 · Maryport · Flimby

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