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  • Isle of Wight drug driver unable to do unpaid work fined

    From Simon Mason@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 12 03:47:08 2023
    A MAN convicted of drug driving on the Isle of Wight last year has been handed a fine after he was unable to complete his unpaid work in the community on mental health grounds.

    Lee Millington, of Ashey Road, Ryde, was given 12 months' probation, which included an order to complete 80 hours' unpaid work, together with a driving ban, after he was convicted on two counts of drug diving, namely cocaine and cannabis, on December 6.


    The Probation Service made an application to revoke the probation order at the Isle of Wight Magistrates' Court on Friday, November 3.

    Probation officer, Dawn Young, told the court Millington's unpaid work element was unworkable on medical grounds — namely him having emotionally unstable personality disorder.

    Mrs Young recommended he be excused the unpaid work element because of his "poor mental health" and that he be resentenced after only completing 23 hours.

    Magistrates revoked the probation order and fined Millington £200.

    https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/23905413.isle-wight-drug-driver-unable-unpaid-work-fined/

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to Simon Mason on Sun Nov 12 12:32:08 2023
    On 12/11/2023 11:47 am, Simon Mason wrote:

    A MAN who was nothing more than a fully-unqualified chav-cyclist (convicted of drug driving on the Isle of Wight last year) has been handed a fine after he was unable to complete his unpaid work in the community on mental health grounds.

    Lee Millington, of Ashey Road, Ryde, was given 12 months' probation, which included an order to complete 80 hours' unpaid work, together with a *driving* *ban* (hence his being nothing but a chav-cyclist), after he was convicted on two counts of drug
    diving, namely cocaine and cannabis, on December 6.

    The Probation Service made an application to revoke the probation order at the Isle of Wight Magistrates' Court on Friday, November 3.

    Probation officer, Dawn Young, told the court Millington's unpaid work element was unworkable on medical grounds — namely him having emotionally unstable personality disorder.

    Mrs Young recommended he be excused the unpaid work element because of his "poor mental health" and that he be resentenced after only completing 23 hours.

    Magistrates revoked the probation order and fined Millington £200.

    https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/23905413.isle-wight-drug-driver-unable-unpaid-work-fined/

    FIFY (again).

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  • From Simon Mason@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 12 05:43:26 2023

    QUOTE: Mrs Young recommended he be excused the unpaid work element because of his "poor mental health" and that he be resentenced after only completing 23 hours. ENDS

    Maybe if he hadn't pickled his brain with harmful drugs?

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to Simon Mason on Sun Nov 12 16:12:20 2023
    Simon Mason <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

    QUOTE: Mrs Young recommended he be excused the unpaid work element
    because of his "poor mental health" and that he be resentenced after
    only completing 23 hours. ENDS

    Maybe if he hadn't pickled his brain with harmful drugs?

    Perhaps he had had MRSA or been on Fentanyl?

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    Spike

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  • From Simon Mason@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 12 08:29:21 2023
    QUOTE: Mrs Young recommended he be excused the unpaid work element because of his "poor mental health" and that he be resentenced after only completing 23 hours.ENDS

    Only 23 hours before he'd had enough? Blood lazy drivers.

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to Simon Mason on Sun Nov 12 16:45:29 2023
    On 12/11/2023 04:29 pm, Simon Mason wrote:

    QUOTE: Mrs Young recommended he be excused the unpaid work element because of his "poor mental health" and that he be resentenced after only completing 23 hours.ENDS

    Only 23 hours before he'd had enough? Blood lazy drivers.

    He was not a driver. He'd been disqualified.

    He was just a bog-standard unqualified chav-cyclist.

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  • From Simon Mason@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 12 12:21:22 2023
    QUOTE: A man who was driving whilst under the influence of cocaine and cannabis has been handed a 23-month driving ban.

    Lee Millington, 33, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to 3 counts of drug driving when he appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates.

    Ann Smout, prosecuting, told the court that just before 03:00 on 17th August, Millington was seen driving his blue Vauxhall Corsa at speed on St Johns Road in Ryde.

    Further down the road officers stopped Millington, instantly noticing a strong smell of cannabis from his car. A roadside drugs wipe was conducted and it returned a positive test for cannabis.

    He was taken to Newport Police Station and asked to complete a blood sample. This later returned positive readings for Cocaine, THC, and Benzoylecgonine – the breakdown derivative of cocaine.

    Millington was last in court back in December 2019 when he faced a charge of harassment.

    Defending, Henry Farley said that Millington was sheepish and remorseful and that drugs aren’t a regular part of his life. He added that the 33-year-old had lost his job as a removal man as a result of this incident.

    Magistrates sentenced Millington to a 12-month community order with 80 hours of unpaid work attached. He was also handed a 23-month driving ban and ordered to pay £40 costs with a £114 surcharge fee.ENDS

    STOP PRESS - HE COULDN'T BE ARSED TO FOLLOW HIS SENTENCE.

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