Haddington cannabis user appears in court twice in just three days

A man who was caught with cannabis was back before a sheriff just 48 hours later.

Alistair Seawright was ordered to carry out unpaid work in the community last week after he admitted to a charge of possessing the drug

The landscape gardener was back in the dock at Edinburgh Sheriff Court within days where he pleaded guilty to three offences including driving a vehicle while more than five times the legal drink drive limit.

Seawright was caught by Police Scotland officers with 111mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath at Redburn Road in Prestonpans on September 13, 2020.

Police had been called out to deal with a disturbance involving Seawright where he had attended at an address in the street and kicked a front door and uttered threats of violence to those inside the property.

Musselburgh thug jailed for raid on Edinburgh RS McColl's shop that caused £7k of damage

The 39-year-old also struck a window causing damage while making the threats towards his ex-partner Kirstin Baillie.

Seawright also assaulted PC Ross Vietch by kicking him to the body at Edinburgh Road in Tranent on the same day.

He pleaded guilty to three charges at the capital court and will return before Sheriff John Mundy who deferred sentence for reports to later this month.

Seawright admitted to charges of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and driving a vehicle with 111 mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath at Redburn Road, Prestonpans, on September 13, 2020. The legal limit is just 22mg.

He also pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer on the same date.

A message from the Editor:

Thank you for reading this article. We're more reliant on your support than ever as the shift in consumer habits brought about by coronavirus impacts our advertisers.

If you haven't already, please consider supporting our trusted, fact-checked journalism by taking out a digital subscription.