Glasgow drug-driver had ‘quite astounding’ level of cocaine in system when stopped in Inverness
A motorist who drove with 10 times the legal driving limit of cocaine in his system was warned he could be jailed.
Sonny Gibbs, of Kinnear Road, Glasgow appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court and admitted having 501mcgs of a cocaine metabolite in his blood when the maximum is 50mcgs.
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The 33-year-old was stopped by police in Balnain Street, Inverness on May 1 last year.
Sheriff Eilidh Macdonald decided against hearing the facts after seeing the high level of drugs involved, saying: "The reading is quite astounding. You have a terrible record and I want a criminal justice social work report to see what alternatives are open to the court. I don't think a fine is appropriate."
She also warned Gibbs to expect a lengthy disqualification when he returns on October 28.
She banned him from driving in the interim and told Gibbs: "The length of disqualification will be determined at sentencing."
