A man inadvertently led the police to his location after they overheard a discussion about cocaine and driving in an accidental 999 call.
The call was accidentally made on June 13 earlier this year, with the police hearing the caller discussing cocaine use, the manner in which someone was driving, and making reference to the fact they were at the spiral car park in the centre of Ipswich.
His call was linked to a Volkswagen. The police tracked the vehicle’s location and discovered it in the nearby Blackhorse Lane.
Daniel Leggett, 25, was in the driver’s seat, accompanied by a passenger. It was later found that Leggett was disqualified from driving at the time.
Due to the manner in which he was behaving, the police asked Leggett for a drugs sample, but he refused "repeatedly", Suffolk Magistrates’ Court was told. Leggett and his passenger were arrested and conveyed to police custody, where Leggett again refused to provide a blood sample.
On the way, his passenger disclosed that Leggett had been the driver, having collected him from the Travelodge. During a police interview, Leggett answered "No comment" to all questions put to him, other than to say that the passenger was "lying".
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In his defence, it was said that Leggett had not consumed cocaine but had refused to give a sample because he had taken cocaine the previous day and was fearful it would still be in his system.
Appearing before the court on Monday, Leggett, of Acton Road, Bramford, admitted driving while disqualified, failing to provide a sample for analysis and driving with no insurance.
It was decided that a pre-sentence report was needed, and so Leggett was ordered to return to court on September 10.
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