Wester Ross motorist who drove after taking cocaine on three occasions must await fate
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A Ross-shire motorist who drove on three occasions after taking cocaine will be sentenced on January 21 next year.
Kyle Matheson of Rhue, Ullapool, did not appear personally at Inverness Sheriff Court.
His solicitor, Patrick O'Dea, tendered guilty pleas to a total of five charges.
The first was on March 12 ,2020 when Matheson was stopped by police in Old Perth Road, Inverness and had cocaine in his possession.
A urine test showed that it contained 16 times the permitted amount of cocaine in his system to drive. The reading was 800mcgs of Benzoylecognine, a metabolyte of cocaine excreted in the urine. The limit is 50mcgs.
He was again stopped by police on May 22 on the Kessock Bridge and the same test was carried out. It showed he had over seven times the permitted amount with a reading of 396mcgs.
On June 4, in Oldtown Road, Inverness he was stopped a third time. He had cannabis in his possession and a subsequent test showed he had 27cgs of cocaine in his system, when the permitted level is only 10mcgs.
Sentence was deferred for a background report, a personal appearance and Matheson was disqualified from driving until then.
