'I was stupid': Drug driver sped away from police before crashing at major roundabout
A drug driver who sped away from police before crashing at one of the county's busiest roundabouts has been spared jail.
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Benjamin Golding, 24, from Ellesmere Road in St Martins, was sentenced at Shrewsbury Crown Court after admitting six charges.
All six offences related to an incident where he crashed a Peugeot 306 at Shrewsbury's Emstrey Roundabout at 12.30am on November 26 last year.
In total he admitted charges of dangerous driving, driving with no insurance, driving without a licence – and three counts of drug driving, involving cannabis and cocaine.
Alexa Carrier, prosecuting, told the court that Golding had been driving the Peugeot, which belonged to a friend on the A5 in Shrewsbury.
The car, which had a number of passengers, was headed from the Preston Boats Roundabout towards the Emstrey Roundabout when police noticed it.
