Life ban for Muir of Ord man who took cocaine and drove

A man has been banned from driving for life after admitting numerous charges of getting behind the wheel after taking cocaine.

Calum Findlay (55), of Broomhill Road, Muir of Ord, appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court and admitted driving on various occasions last year while his body contained a metabolite of cocaine.

Sheriff Gary Aitken told defence solicitor Graham Mann: “The charges are all depressingly similar but I suspect they speak for themselves.”

Adressing Findlay he said: “You need to stop driving when you have taken drugs and you would think that having been stopped (by police) before you would know that.

“This is an appalling schedule of driving having taken drugs, and it is quite clear you are not to be trusted to be let anywhere near a car. I am prepared to give you a chance to stay out of custody.”

As well as the life driving ban he was ordered to carry out 300 hours unpaid work.