Drug driver rolled his car in Stockton after losing control

Drug driver ran away from police after he rolled his car after crashing at speed <i>(Image: Newsquest)</i>
Drug driver ran away from police after he rolled his car after crashing at speed (Image: Newsquest)
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A drug driver who ran away from police after he rolled his car has been banned from the roads for three years.

Amer Mohammed was under the influence of cocaine when he lost control of his Ford Fiesta as he drove along Durham Road in Stockton.

Teesside Crown Court heard how the 36-year-old was clearly intoxicated and became verbally abusive to police officers when they arrived on the scene.

Joe Culley, prosecuting, said the defendant was seen driving at speed and dangerously overtaking other cars as he raced along the road.

He said Mohammed told police he didn’t know how he got out of the car unscathed before he was given a roadside drug test and cocaine was found in his system.

Mohammed, of Lundy Court, Ingleby Barwick, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving with excess cocaine in his system and driving with Benzoylecgonine, a cocaine compound, in his system following his arrest on July 25 last year.

Tom Bennett, mitigating, urged the judge to pass a non-custodial sentence for his client.

He said: “It is clear from what the pre-sentence reports says that he has taken full responsibility for the offences and has been fully open with them.

“They feel he is someone they can work with to address his drug issues.”

Judge Peter Armstrong sentenced Mohammed to 12 months in custody suspended for two years and disqualified him from driving for three years.

“You were dangerously driving whilst under the influence of cocaine,” he said.


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“If anyone else had been injured or you had done damage to anyone else’s car, I might not have been able to suspend your sentence.

“You were driving on the wrong side of the road at speed, you ended up turning over your car and then you ran off.

“Other drivers were extremely concerned about your driving.”

Mohammed was made subject of a six-month drug rehabilitation requirement order, a six-month curfew between 9pm and 6am, and ordered to attend 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

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