Reading Magistrates' Court: Newbury motorist took cocaine
Published: 08:53, 21 January 2023
| Updated: 08:54, 21 January 2023
A MAN has been caught behind the wheel after taking cocaine.
In the dock at Reading Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, January 3, was Darren Smith.
The 33-year-old, of Cherry Close, Newbury, admitted driving a white BMW on Bath Road, Speen, on August 11 last year when the amount of the Class A-controlled drug in his system exceeded the specified limit.
Ms Smith, who was legally represented by Simon Hammudi, was fined £50.
In addition, he was ordered to pay £85 costs, plus a statutory victim services surcharge of £32.
Finally, Mr Smith was banned from driving for 12 months.