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Pentre man describes his offence as a ‘slip-up’ after months of sobriety<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A MOTORIST from Pentre was left to make his own way home from court after receiving a year-long disqualification for driving under the influence of cannabis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During sentencing, Cardiff magistrate Norman Craggs asked Martin Griffiths if he had driven to court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou cannot drive home today and there will be no driving so you will have to find a friend,\u201d Mr Craggs told the defendant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Griffiths, 36, of Dans Y Graig Road was pulled over for drug-driving on Litchard Hill in October 2022 and found to be 2.2mg over the legal cannabis limit. He pleaded guilty to the charge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He told the court the incident was a brief one-off \u201cmoment” and a “slip-up” which he regrets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe reason why I had cannabis in my system is because two years ago my ex left me and stopped me seeing my daughter,\u201d said Griffiths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the arrest he had been sober from cannabis for 14-months and had no previous convictions or cautions of that type. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside the ban, Griffiths was ordered to pay a total of \u00a3393 — a \u00a3220 fine, \u00a385 court costs and \u00a388 victim surcharge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Griffiths was unsure about how much he could pay monthly as the ban meant he was now at risk of losing his job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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