Millom: Drug driver crashed with toddler in car after police chase

Millom: Drug driver crashed with toddler in car after police chase

Jake Davenport admitted fees of harmful driving, drug driving and possession of each Class B hashish and Class C valium when he appeared at South Cumbria Magistrates’ Court on March 26.

With his responsible pleas, the 29-year-old conceded he had dangerously pushed his Audi A3 on the A5092 at Millom on August 9 final yr.

He additionally confessed he had 6.7 ug/L of hashish in his system on the time. The restrict set for prosecution is 2.0 ug/L.

“This has all the hallmarks of an A1 offence,” prosecutor Peter Kelly informed the court docket.

“There was a three-year-old little one in the car and an accident which induced injury to a wall.

“The defendant was driving at velocity after a police pursuit.

“Custody is not inevitable. The defendant is a man of good character.”

Magistrates ordered for a pre-sentence report and adjourned the case for sentencing at Preston Crown Court on May 7.

Davenport, of Cleveleys Road, Hoghton, close to Preston, was granted unconditional bail and made the topic of an interim disqualification.

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