'There's no excuse for putting myself and others at risk': Drug driver banned for a year
A drug driver who was found to have nearly three times the limit of cannabis in his system has taken responsibility for his actions in court.
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Alexandru Manolache, aged 45, of New Street, Shrewsbury, was stopped in the town centre at 11.15pm on November 17, 2023 and found to have a level of 5.7 of cannabis in his blood when the limit is two.
He pleaded guilty to drug driving a Vauxhall Astra when he appeared at Telford Magistrates Court on Tuesday .
"I take responsibility for it," said Manolache, representing himself through a Romanian interpreter.
"There is no excuse for putting myself and others at risk."
The court was told that he was a driver and would have to look for other work.
Magistrates banned him from driving for 12 months and fined him £100.
He has also been ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs and a victims' surcharge of £48.
