A man aged 81 has become Britain's oldest drug driver after he was caught driving home from his own birthday party whilst under the influence of cocaine.
Arthur Ball, who needs hearing aids, uses two walking sticks, and has had a carer for 15 years, tested three times the limit when officers stopped his Motability car.
When quizzed, the pensioner said he had not been drinking alcohol, never took drugs and claimed a fellow guest must have slipped a wrap of cocaine into his lemonade during the bash.
But bizarrely his taxpayer-funded Toyota Yaris had a police marker on it amid claims the vehicle was being used by a drug dealer.
At Warrington magistrates court, Ball pleaded guilty to drug driving and was fined £120 and was banned from the roads for 12 months.
