A DRUG-DRIVER caught out in a busy Hereford residential street has been banned from the roads.
Martin Giffiths appeared before magistrates for sentencing this month after he pleaded guilty to one count of driving a motor vehicle while over the drug limit by magistrates.
The court heard from prosecutor Lauren Millichip that the 33-year-old had been caught out in Hereford's Springfield Avenue, near his home, after getting behind the wheel of a grey Audi A4 while over the drug-driving limit on July 31 last year.
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An evidential blood test revealed that Giffiths, who was represented at Hereford Magistrates' Court by defence solicitor Andrew Cleal, had more than the legal limit of two microgrammes (mg) of controlled drug delta-9-tetracannabinol per litre of blood at the time.
He was found to have 2.2 mg in his blood.
Giffiths, of Springfield Avenue, Hereford, was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £80. He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £135 and a £32 victim surcharge.
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