A MAN who was caught over the drink-drive limit and with a stash of drugs on him has been told to "grow up" by a judge.
Mohammed Shehban, 24, of Stirling Street, Halifax, admitted driving with excess alcohol and possessing cannabis and diazepam.
He was banned from driving for three years and fined £200.
Sentencing on the drug offences was deferred for six months
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Shehban, who is in breach of a six-month suspended sentence, was facing jail but Judge James Spencer QC said he could draw back from custody if he stopped acting like a "spoiled child."
Judge Spencer said: "It seems to me if you demonstrate that you can grow up and have a responsible attitude instead of behaving like a spoiled child then there may be no need to do that."
Bradford Crown Court heard that on November 4 last year Shehban was spotted driving a car at 2.35am.
Lesley Dickinson, prosecuting, said police officers suspected he had been drinking so pulled him over.
A test later revealed that he had 41 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath – the legal limit is 35 micrograms.
A search revealed cannabis in his jacket and 28 diazepam tablets inside his sock.
More cannabis was found inside the vehicle totalling 33.68g.
When questioned, Shehban denied being a drug dealer.
He was given a suspended sentence of six months in April last year for affray.
John Baumphrey, for Shehban, said he had been a cannabis user since he was 13 but wanted to give it up.
He argued that Shehban should be given a community penalty but Judge Spencer said: "You want the state to commit thousands of pounds of resources just to tell him to cut down?
"He is as intelligent as anybody else – he knows perfectly well he should not take drink and cannabis – is that really what you want a probation officer to tell him?"
Mr Baumphrey said custody would cost the taxpayer more but Judge Spencer decided to defer sentence.
