Halloween News - Masked motorist smoked cannabis - Wicklow People
A 22 year old who drove up Wicklow’s main street wearing a Halloween mask while and under the influence of an intoxicant was banned from driving for two years and fined 350. Judge Murrough Connellan was satisfied to convict Wayne Prunty, 3 Greenhill Court, Wicklow town even though no specimen was produced at Thursday’s special sitting of Wicklow District Court in Arklow. The evidence had already been heard and agreed upon before Thursday’s court date and Prunty pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis. The driving under the influence charge and the unlawful possession of drugs charge related to an incident at Wicklow Gaol, Kilmantin Hill on March 23 2007. Refreshing his memory Judge Connellan said, this was the fellow allegedly driving under the influence of an intoxicant who drove up the main street with a Halloween mask on. Judge Connellan convicted him of driving under the influence, and took the charge of unlawful possession of drugs into account. More Halloween News
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