He was caught on the Ridgeway Road near Sutton St Nicholas. Picture: Google Maps/STOCK
A DRUG-DRIVER has been banned from the roads after he was caught near a Herefordshire village while more than three times the limit.
Robert Parkes was found guilty by magistrates in Worcester after entering a not guilty plea.
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The court heard the 28-year-old had been caught behind the wheel of a Volkswagen Scirocco while over the drug-drive limit in Ridgeway Road, Sutton St Nicholas, on March 28.
An evidential blood test revealed he had 6.7 microgrammes of cannabis metabolite delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per litre of blood. The legal limit is two.
Parkes, of Talbot Court, Brierley Hill, was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £357. He must also pay a £36 victim surcharge.
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