A MAN high on cannabis and driving in Powys ‘did not mean’ to say he would carry on driving regardless of a ban, his solicitor told a court.
Marty Neil Bromley, of Kingsbury in the West Midlands, pleaded guilty to driving over the legal limit for a controlled drug at Welshpool Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
CPS prosecutor Helen Tench told the court that on Saturday, August 10, Bromley was pulled over by police while driving in Llanidloes Road in Newtown for having illegally tinted windows on his red Seat Leon car.
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Officers were met by Bromley who they said had glazed eyes, was ‘talkative’ and was suspected to be on drugs which a drugs swipe confirmed, giving a reading of 4.2microgrammes per liter - twice the legal limit.
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He initially denied he used cannabis before admitting that he still smoked it at evening times but also told police he ‘didn’t care if he got a ban as he would drive regardless’.
In mitigation, Owain Jones – defending – told magistrates that his client’s comments were not meant and that he was remorseful of his actions.
He also raised that Bromley had mental health issues with learning needs such as ADHD and that would ‘grab any help the court offered with two hands’.
However, chairman of the bench Stephen Pembroke told the defendant that he would be fined, rather than given a community order.
He added: “We will deal with this with a fine which doesn’t help you as a community order would have pointed you in the right direction.
“You need to help yourself.”
Bromley was given a 16-month ban and ordered to pay a total of £253 including £85 costs.
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