Grantham man sentenced for drug driving

Jordan Bowles, 34, of Bowbridge Gardens, Grantham pleaded guilty to eight counts of drug driving when he appeared at Lincoln Magistrates' Court on
Saturday 15 February.

He was stopped four times in five months by officers on suspicion of drug driving. A mixture of benzoylecgonine and cocaine was found to be in his system every time he was stopped, resulting in two offences being committed per incident.

He was sentenced to six months imprisonment and has been disqualified from driving for two years. He was also ordered to pay a court surcharge of £154 and to pay costs to the Crown Prosecution Service of £85.