North Somercotes man tells court he’ll ‘hopefully’ never see them again after two drug-drive convictions

A defendant told a court he’d ‘hopefully’ not be back after facing two drug-drive charges.

Peter Larking made the quip to magistrates after admitting driving with cocaine and cannabis in his system.

Both charges relate to an incident at Ludney on November 15 last year.

The 41-year-old was also over the drink drive limit and had already received a ban for this and other related motoring offences, including driving whilst disqualified, when he appeared in court in December.

Prosecutor Lottie Tyler told Boston magistrates: “The defendant was stopped on Ludney Lane by police after the system showed he had no insurance.

“He was approached and he said ‘take me in, I’ve got no licence and I’m drink driving’.”

Larking, of Keeling Street, North Somercotes, was found to have 80 micrograms of cocaine per litre of blood in his system. The legal limit is 50mcg.

He also had 6 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood. The legal limit is 2mcg.

In defence, Marc Hudson told the court on Wedneday (March 12) that Larking, who receives benefits, was before the courts in December in relation to other driving offences on this day, but the drug charges took longer to process as they had to be ‘lab tested’.

At that hearing he was given a community order, including unpaid work, as well as a driving disqualification.

Larking was handed a conditional discharge and banned from driving for 36 months to run alongside his current disqualification.

When leaving the courts magistrates told Larking they hoped not to see him before them again, to which he smiled and responded: “Hopefully.”