Reading Magistrates' Court issues arrest warrant for Woolton Hill man

AN arrest warrant has been issued for a man accused of drug-driving while uninsured.

John Griffiths had been due to answer the charges at Reading Magistrates' Court on Thursday, July 7.

But he did not turn up.

The 42-year-old, of Broadlayings, Woolton Hill, is accused of driving a Volkswagen Golf when the amount of the Class A-controlled drug cocaine in his system exceeded the specified limit.

He is further charged with driving without insurance and driving without a valid test certificate.

All the offences were said to have been committed in Queen's Road, Newbury, on Saturday, February 5.

Magistrates issued a warrant for Mr Griffiths' immediate arrest.