Posted on 05/01/2021 3:19:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Andrew Broadhurst was filmed by a concerned motorist repeatedly weaving across the road and narrowly missing oncoming vehicles.
When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. A man caught behind the wheel almost 16 times over the legal drug-drive limit had earlier got back in his van and continued driving after testing positive for drugs, a court has heard.
Andrew Broadhurst was filmed repeatedly weaving across the road and narrowly missing oncoming traffic just hours after he had been been pulled over, tested positive for drugs and released under investigation.
Sending him to prison, a judge told the painter and decorator his driving had been "appalling" and he had put other road users at great risk.
Swansea Crown Court heard at 6.20am on April 11 this year police in Pembrokeshire pulled over Andrew Broadhurst's vehicle, and he tested positive for the presence of cocaine in his system. A sample of blood was taken for further analysis, and he was released under investigation pending the results.
Georgina Buckley, prosecuting, said by 10am that same morning Broadhurst was back on the road, and was driving his Peugeot van along Troopers Inn near Haverfordwest.
She said a couple following the van along the road became so concerned by the manner in which it was being driven that they filmed it.
The court heard they followed the Peugeot for some three miles, becoming increasingly worried as the van repeatedly swerved back and forth across road, crossing the white line into the oncoming lane a number of times and narrowly avoiding head-on collisions.
The details of the van were passed to the police, and a short time later another member of the public contacted police to report a van that had parked erratically blocking in a number of other vehicles, and with a driver who was "slumped" over the steering wheel.
Broadhurst was arrested again at 10.45am and again tested positive for cocaine - another sample of blood was taken for analysis, and in interviewed the 55-year-old defendant denied taking any drugs.
The court heard the results of the blood tests showed that the first sample contained not less than 788 micrograms of benzoylecgonine - the main metabolite made when the body breaks down cocaine - per litre of blood, almost 16 times the legal limit of 50 micrograms.
The second sample taken later the same morning showed a reading of not less than 519 micrograms of benzoylecgonine.
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Andrew David Broadhurst, of Hafalnod, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, had previously pleaded guilty to dangerous driving when he appeared in the dock for sentencing.
Asked by judge Paul Thomas QC why there were no charges relating to the drug-driving Miss Buckley the prosecution had only received the results of the test a matter of days before the current hearing and though consideration had been given to laying further charges the decision had been taken to treat the presence of drugs as an aggravating factor to the dangerous driving.
The court heard Broadhurst is currently a serving prisoner having been recalled to prison following his arrest for the motoring matters, and is serving the remainder of a 30 month sentence imposed in January 2020 for possession of heroin with intent to supply. He is not due to be released from this sentence until April next year.
Stuart John, for Broadhurst, said the defendant had been released on licence from the drug supply sentence in September 2020, and had managed to secure rented accommodation, find work as a painter and decorator, and "was starting to get his life back on track".
However the night before the current offences he had "consumed a large quantity of cocaine" - something the advocate said was unusual for the defendant - had then had decided to drive to work rather than lose the job.
Judge Thomas told Broadhurst his driving had been "appalling", and had put other road users at great risk. He said it was only the quick reactions of other drivers which had prevented head-on collisions.
Giving the defendant a one-third discount for his guilty pleas the judge sentenced him to eight months in prison. By law the sentence will have to start immediately, meaning it will run concurrently with the drug supply sentence he is currently serving. Broadhurst was disqualified from driving for five years, and must pass an extended test before he can get his licence back.
How they catch him if he was doing 1600 MPH?
that’s 16X the legal limit, for COCAINE??? so 49mcg is
OK though... WTH?
The court heard the results of the blood tests showed that the first sample contained not less than 788 micrograms of benzoylecgonine - the main metabolite made when the body breaks down cocaine - per litre of blood, almost 16 times the legal limit of 50 micrograms.
That musta been like some kinda land speed record in a high-performance machine.
So Broadhurst's speed was nowhere near 1000 MPH--probably a tad over 600 MPH.
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude
They said he was ruthless, they said he was crude
I was .37 when I walked into an ER in 2001
That must be like...800 miles per hour? :)
LOL... yup
You were .37 caliber in 2001? What caliber are you now?
That would be a great prank... put a 2 MPH speed limit sign.
I was 14 or so and a passenger in a car that managed 11 times the limit—
Hairpin turn on a steep hill on a country road with one lane washed out-—limit of 5.
Still, the Subaru handled it beautifully.
In that situation, one normally lives to tell about it.
I blew a 0.21 in 1992. Got picked up when they were done with me. Picked my car and drove home.
Let’s see - if the legal limit was 30, he must have been going 480 mph!!
“Man caught driving 16 times over the legal limit”
My (many) cars would struggle to meet this standard if the speed limit was over 5 MPH.
I didn’t know there was a legal limit for coke..
I was with the guy I described in 31. I was not with the guy whom the article is about.
FWIW—we had already been around the curve at least a half-dozen times. We were working in a remote place in rural Oregon for a week with the same commute every day.
I was joking. That’s Super Dave. He was a comedic stuntman from the 80’s.
Professional level!
38, 39 what ever it took
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