Fined and banned for driving while unfit

A man with a Larne address admitted at court it had been “stupid and dangerous” of him to have driven on the Lisnevenagh Road near Ballymena on April 2 this year whilst being unfit after taking the drug Pregabalin.

Gregory O’Hara (41), of Curran Road, was also uninsured and was an unaccompanied L driver without L plates displayed.

He was banned from driving for a year and fined £300.

The case was dealt with at Ballymena Magistrates Court on Thursday (September 16).