Cannabis and Diazepam found in bloodstream

Gary Damien Scullion, North Street, Lurgan, was banned from driving for six months last Friday at Craigavon Magistrates Court.

He was also fined £200 and ordered to pay a £15 offender’s levy for being drunk in charge of a vehicle on June 3 last year.

Scullion appeared in court by way of videolink from Maghaberry prison.

A public prosecutor said that shortly after 10pm at Drumgor Heights police found the defendant sitting in the driver’s seat of a car. The keys of the car were found on him

There was a smell of alcohol on his breath and his eyes were glazed.

In custody an evidential breath test gave a reading of 42 and Scullion was given the option of providing a blood sample. The blood sample gave a reading of 94 but also showed that there was Diazepam and cannabis in his system.

A barrister representing Scullion said he had appealed against a sentence but this had been re-affirmed on January 1 and he was just beginning to serve his sentence.

District Judge, Mr Mervyn Bates, said there was a driving without due care and attention offence on the defendant’s record but there were also more serious matters in his previous convictions.