Newhaven student and builder arrested in summer crackdown on drink and drug-drivers

The campaign, to raise awareness of the dangers of drink and drug-driving, ran from June 24, to July 7.

Police said Joseph Still, 18, a student, of Thompson Road, Newhaven, was arrested on the A259 at Seaford on June 27, and was charged with driving with 58mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath in his system.

At Brighton Magistrates’ Court on July 11, he was disqualified from driving for 12 months, said police.

He was also ordered to pay a £113 fine, £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

Simon Jopson, 51, a builder, of no fixed address, was arrested in High Street, Crowborough, on June 30, police said, and was charged with driving with 126mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath in his system and driving with no insurance.

At Hastings Magistrates’ Court on July 17, he was disqualified from driving for 30 months and sentenced to a 12-month community order, requiring him to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.

He was also ordered to pay £85 costs and a £90 victim surcharge, said police.

Chief Inspector Michael Hodder, of the Roads Policing Unit for Surrey Police and Sussex Police, said: “It is hugely disappointing that so many people still make the conscious decision to drive with drink or drugs in their system.

“We run dedicated campaigns at peak times of the year – during summer and over Christmas – to provide education and enforcement, and this is in addition to routine roads policing 365 days a year.