Bath magistrates have ordered the electronic tagging of a 20-year-old drug-driver who was caught going at speed on Rush Hill at Odd Down.
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Jacob Givans had been driving his Ford Fiesta on 16th December 2024 when he was stopped by police who found six bags of cannabis totalling 19 grams in the vehicle.
A subsequent blood test revealed Givans had 7mgs of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, a chemical associated with cannabis, per litre of blood, exceeding the limit which is 2mgs.
At his court appearance on 8th May, Givans, who was of previous good character, had admitted drug-driving and being in possession of cannabis and was given an interim driving ban.
Magistrates ordered a Probation Service report prior to sentencing him.
Givans, who had been a courier for a national delivery company, lost his job when he lost his licence.
On Wednesday, 25th June, magistrates banned him from driving for 20 months and imposed a community order involving a curfew and electronic monitoring period of eight weeks, starting immediately.
Givans must remain at his home at The Daglands in Camerton from 7pm to 7am every day.
He was ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs and a £114 surcharge.
The magistrates also ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the cannabis found in his car.
