Powys man denies Jaguar F-Pace drive while on cocaine
Jonathan Howard, 47, pleaded not guilty to driving a Jaguar F-Pace while four times over the legal limit for the Class A drug when he appeared at Welshpool Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, July 1.
The prosecution claims that a test found that there was more than 240 microgrammes of benzoylecgonine in every litre of the defendant's blood. The legal limit is 50mcgms.
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Geraint Parry, solicitor, asked the magistrates to adjourn the case for up to six weeks while an expert analyses the blood sample taken on the day of Howard's arrest.
A two-hour trial was fixed to take place at Welshpool Magistrates' Court on September 3.
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