South Yorkshire drug-driver banned from the roads

A drug-driver was caught by police after giving his daughter a lift home.
By Jon Cooper
Published 25th Aug 2020, 10:23 BST
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Mark Dench, aged 45, of Doncaster Road, Thrybergh, Rotherham, was stopped by police in Rotherham who discovered he was over the limit for driving under the influence of cannabis, according to a Sheffield Magistrates’ Court hearing on August 20.

Deputy District Judge Phillip Houlden said police claimed Dench’s speed had kept altering and they could smell cannabis so the defendant took a drug-swipe test.

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A forensic test revealed Dench had exceeded a drug-drive limit with three-and-a-half times the proportion of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol in his system.

A cannabis-user is banned from the road after he was caught by police driving over the drug-drive limit.A cannabis-user is banned from the road after he was caught by police driving over the drug-drive limit.
A cannabis-user is banned from the road after he was caught by police driving over the drug-drive limit.

Dench pleaded guilty to exceeding the drug-drive limit after the incident in October.

David Staniforth, defending, said Dench is a low-level cannabis-user and had not intended to drive but he gave his daughter a lift home.

Dench was fined £200 and must pay £85 costs and a £32 victim surcharge. He was disqualified from driving for 12-months.