19-year-old Joseph Brett has been hit with a £1,485 court bill and banned from driving for 2 years after flipping a car onto its roof in Ryde while under the influence of ketamine.
Brett, of High Street, Wootton, failed to appear at court on 29th August, prompting local Magistrates to issue a warrant for his arrest. He was soon taken into custody and was put before Portsmouth Magistrates Court on 1st September.
It was at the mainland court hearing that the teenager pleaded guilty to a single charge of drug driving. It comes after a late-night crash on Saturday 24th May, when a blue Renault Clio van rolled onto its roof at the junction of St John’s Road and Green Street in Ryde, as first reported by Island Echo.
Island Echo was told at the time that Brett’s vehicle was speeding down the High Street and, as it turned right into Green Street, it simply rolled over. There was some suggestion that it may have kissed a low-level kerb on the inside.
Brett was assisted from the vehicle and treated by paramedics, before soon being arrested by Police. Blood tests later confirmed Brett had 192 micrograms of ketamine per litre of blood in his system – almost 4x the legal limit.
Magistrates imposed a £1,000 fine, alongside £85 in prosecution costs and a £400 surcharge – bringing the total to £1,485, a significant financial penalty for someone of his age. The full amount must be paid by 1st October.
In addition to the financial punishment, Brett was banned from driving for 24 months.
Persons who inflict self inflicted injuries to themselves
or others whilst driving under the influence should have
to pay the medical costs involved.
It is costing the NHS unnesseccary costs.
Plus the cost of the Ambulance Service attending and the Fire Service. We all stand or fall by our own actions and if costs are uncurred as a result of our foolish and criminal behaviour we must bear those costs along with any penalty imposed It is about taking responsibility, an activity which is sadly lacking in our society today. Everyone shouts about their rights but no one wants to take responsibility.
Suprise suprise…one of the idiots that races around Ryde has an accident. Ryde, especially the Esplanade is essentially a race track. Idiots on motorcycles with modified or after market exhaust shattering the peace in the middle of the night-cars with 400 plus horsepower breaking 80 mph on the Esplanade regulary, even in the middle of the day while travelers make their way to the bus/train station, elderly and children cross the street. Someone will die…They race around with impunity, no police anywhere. We need speed humps or cameras down here !
I have never seen a place with no law and order on the
roads.
Our Council tax goes up every year and nothing improves.
Send more to the magistrates court in Portsmouth, they seem to have caught on to higher fines.
so, if the incident happened two years ago, and presumably he had a temporary ban from then onwards and now he has had a two year ban imposed, has he already “spent” that time and is back on the road?
Devolution will solve this problem.
The island can close down their courts and council
offices, etc the island can make use of pompey
services.
The island will save millions in costs etc
The ban would have to take account of any interim disqualification time. I do not understand though why he was no charged with failing to surrender to his bail since he was produced having been arrested on a warrant issued because of his failure to appear.
If he continues to take ketamine, a fine & a ban will be the least of his problems. Schools should have a drugs information programme about the harms they can cause & ketamine should be at the top of the list. It’s a highly addictive drug that destroys the bladder, causes terrible pain & debilitating permanent damage & a painful death if continued to be used