Cannabis user was three times drug limit driving in Castletown

A three-times-the-limit drug driver was fined £400 and banned from driving for a year at Wick Sheriff Court on Wednesday.

Shaun Connor (26) admitted the offence which occurred on August 28, last year.

Sheriff Neil Wilson was told that the 26-year-old gave a positive roadside test after he was stopped by police in Harbour Road, Castletown. A follow-up analysis of a blood sample revealed a level of 7mcg – the legal limit is 2mcg – for Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol.

Solicitor Fiona MacDonald said that Connor, of Macrae Street, Wick, appreciated that as a cannabis user he should not have been driving.

Sheriff Wilson gave the accused credit for his early plea but made the point that his drug reading was “relatively high”.