Mansfield reveller carrying cocaine, crack, ecstasy and ketamine for festival was searched... after failing to put car lights on

A Mansfield man who bought cocaine, crack, ecstasy and ketamine for a festival was stopped by police while drink driving on a 'stupid night out', magistrates heard.
Mansfield Magistrates Court.Mansfield Magistrates Court.
Mansfield Magistrates Court.

Bradley Middlecoop’s car was stopped because his lights weren’t on, at 12.50am, on May 6, on Westdale Road.

A test revealed he had 62 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, when the legal limit is 35 microgrammes.

A search revealed the drugs on his person and in the car.

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“He told police he had been drinking at home and went to see a friend in town,” said prosecutor Simon Rowe.

“He planned to split the drugs between him and his friends. He said they were going to a festival at the weekend.”

Emma Cornell, mitigating, said the self-employed joiner had no previous convictions.

“He is not a regular user,” she said. “His parents have not been impressed by any of his behaviour and he has felt their wrath at home.

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“It seems that one night of foolishness has cost him a lot.”

Middlecoop, 24, of Scotswood Road, Mansfield Woodhouse, admitted drink driving with no insurance, and possession of three Class A drugs and the Class B drug ketamine, when he appeared at Mansfield Magistrates Court, on Friday.

He was banned for 18 months, but was offered a drink drive rehabilitation course which will reduce it by 137 days, if completed by May 2019.

He was fined £369 for the motoring offences, and was ordered to pay a £36 government surcharge and £85 costs.

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He was also fined £750 for possession of the Class A drugs, bringing his court bill to £1,240.

Chair Diane Thorpe told him: “That sounds like a stupid night out. I think your parents will hang their heads in shame, and hopefully, so will you.”