A DRUG-driver has been taken off the roads for three years after he was caught out in a Hereford street.
James Bayley entered guilty pleas to one count of driving without insurance and one count of driving while over the drug limit when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford in March.
The court heard from prosecutor Lauren Millichip that the 48-year-old had been caught out in Hereford's Old School Lane after getting behind the wheel of a blue Ford Focus while over the drug-driving limit on December 12.
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An evidential blood test revealed that he had 460 microgrammes of controlled class A drug cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine per litre of blood. The legal limit is 50.
He was also found to have been driving the car without a valid third-party insurance policy in place at the time, magistrates were told.
Bayley, of Somers Walk, Hereford, was handed a nine-month community order and must complete a drug rehabilitation programme.
He was also disqualified from driving for three years and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £135 and a £114 victim surcharge.
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