Alness driver banned for cocaine use at Inverness court
Published: 05:30, 19 October 2024
A 26 year old man was congratulated by a sheriff for becoming a father just days earlier - and then banned from driving for a year.
Dean Clark, of Hugh Mackenzie Drive, Alness, appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court representing himself and admitted driving with 635mcg of cocaine in his system when the legal safe limit is 50mcg, near North Kessock, on January 16 this year.
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Clark was also ordered to carry out 80 hours of unpaid community work.
First offender Clark told Sheriff David Harvie of the new arrival and added: "I have learned a lesson and I won't do it again."