A motorist seen "drifting" from lane to lane on the M4 before hitting the central reservation barrier had taken 20 Valium tablets and was in "no fit state to do anything, least of all drive", a court has heard. Earlier that night Scott Garnett had been woken up by fellow drivers who found him asleep at the wheel of his car at a set of traffic lights in Swansea.
Swansea Crown Court heard that when Garnett's driving came to an end he appeared to be "not fully conscious" and was confused about where he was, seemingly mistaking Port Talbot for Maesteg. His advocate told the court that the defendant had been a well-respected plasterer of 20 years standing before "inexplicably" starting to take heroin.
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