A man who drove dangerously on the A1(M) near Boroughbridge whilst under the influence of drugs has been jailed.

Charlie Collins, 28, admitted dangerous driving and two offences of drug-driving at York Magistrates Court on Tuesday (April 28).

Just five days earlier, he admitted a further two counts of drug-driving and one offence of criminal damage – all of which happened in Nottingham.

According to court records, Collins intentionally or recklessly damaged a window at a property in the Bulwell area of Nottingham on August 29 last year.

On the same day, he was found to have been driving on St Albans Road when he was three-times the legal limit for THC and more than three-times the limit for benzoylecgonine – a by-product of cocaine breakdown.

More recently, Collins, who is listed as both Hounslow Road in Hounslow and no fixed abode but from the Bromley area, drove dangerously at junction 48 of the A1(M), near Boroughbridge, on October 26 last year.

Collins was found to be over the limit for the same drugs that day. This time, he recorded no less than 3.4 micrograms of THC per litre of his blood, but the legal limit is just two micrograms.

He was also more than five-times the limit of 50 micrograms for benzoylecgonine.

Collins was sentenced at York Magistrates Court on Tuesday, when he was jailed for eight months.

He was also banned from driving for five years and ordered to pay £187 to the court.