A drink-driver hurled abuse at police after he was pulled over in a Mercedes along Middleton Boulevard in Wollaton. Callum Adams, 33, of Green Lane, Clifton, was spotted by officers on October 23 heading along Middleton Boulevard outbound from Nottingham after he was said to be 'driving at speed', Nottingham Magistrates' Court heard.
Adams turned off the ignition and 'appeared to be under the influence of alcohol', said prosecutor Sanjay Jareth today (January 10). "His eyes were hazy and his speech was slurred".
Adams said 'go on, arrest me then'. He was asked to get out of the Mercedes and was assisted to the back seat of the police vehicle. Abusive language about the officers followed.
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Adams tested 61 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - over the limit of 35. He admitted drink-driving and was fined £120 and banned for 18 months, using the car without insurance (his licence will be endorsed) and using threatening behaviour (£50 fine), all on October 23, 2021.
He was additionally fined £80 for possessing cannabis - an offence from December 13, 2021 - after he was arrested after a short chase carrying sacks of cannabis plants. District Judge Leo Pyle, who sentenced him, said: "It is an evacuation of a cannabis grow or he has helped himself - but I will keep a neutral view."
Stephen Burdon, mitigating, said Adams had been working in Scotland in December last year and returned to his mother's and was arrested yesterday (January 9). The offences dated back to October 2021 - when he did attend court and was told his case had been adjourned - but he never returned until today. He was fined £50 for failing to surrender to court after he was released on bail.
He was additionally order to pay a victim surcharge of £34 and costs of £85, after entering guilty pleas to all charges.
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