Five more drivers appear in court following Northamptonshire Police’s annual drink and drug campaign

Northamptonshire Police has released further court results regarding those who were charged with drink driving as part of its annual winter campaign to tackle offending throughout the festive period.

Between December 1 and January 2, officers joined colleagues from across England and Wales for the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s month-long crackdown – Operation Limit – which aims to keep our roads safer over the festive period.

The main aim of the campaign is to educate road users on the consequences of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, however anyone found to be over the limit will face the full force of the law.

As part of the four-week crackdown those caught driving over the legal limit will be publicly named on the Northamptonshire Police website and social media. This is a hard-line approach the Force has taken over recent years.

Court results for those charged during the campaign:

Colin Steven McBlain, aged 51, of Welland View Road, Cottingham, was disqualified from driving for 28 months and handed a community order to complete 200 hours of unpaid work, as well as told to pay £85 court costs at Northampton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, January 30.

McBlain pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen for analysis following his arrest, and subsequent charge, after his grey Mitsubishi Outlander vehicle was involved in a road traffic collision in Cottingham, shortly before 7.50pm on Monday, December 30.

Caroline Njeri, aged 54, of Lower Bath Court, Northampton, was disqualified from driving for 20 months, fined £507 and ordered to pay £85 court costs plus £203 victim surcharge after pleading guilty to driving a motor vehicle when the alcohol level was above the limit at Northampton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, January 16.

She was arrested while driving a grey Toyota car in St Edmunds Street, Northampton, at about 1.30am on New Year’s Day (Wednesday, January 1), and subsequently charged after providing an evidential reading of 79 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

Ahmedsabir Hassan Abubakar, aged 26, of Bristle Street, Northampton, was disqualified from driving for 22 months and handed a community order to complete 100 hours of unpaid work, as well as told to pay £85 court costs and £114 victim surcharge at Northampton Magistrates’ Court on Friday, January 17.

Abubakar pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen for analysis following his arrest, and subsequent charge, after his grey Toyota car was involved in a road traffic collision on the westbound carriageway of the M1, between junctions 14 and 15, at 2.45pm on New Year’s Day (Wednesday, January 1).

A 27-year-old man from Harpole had his case adjourned at Northampton Magistrates’ Court on Friday, January 17, after pleading not guilty to failing to provide a specimen for analysis.

The man was arrested and subsequently charged after being stopped by police officers driving a white Volkswagen Crafter van in High Street, Upton, shortly before 2.40pm on Thursday, January 2. Magistrates released him on unconditional bail until Thursday, March 20, when he will return to the same court to stand trial.

A 27-year-old woman from Northampton has pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle when the alcohol level was above the limit after entering a plea when she re-appeared at Northampton Magistrates’ Court on Monday, February 3.

At the hearing, the woman was disqualified from driving for 16 months, fined £120 as well as ordered to pay £85 court costs and £48 victim surcharge. A second charge of possession of a Class A drug was withdrawn.

The woman was arrested and subsequently charged while driving a blue Hyundai Tucson in Wellingborough Road, Northampton, at about 8pm on Sunday, December 1. Her case was adjourned after she initially appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Monday, December 16.