Echuca man off the road for two years for drug driving

Dec 9, 2021

Disqualified: An Echuca man has lost his licence after pleading guilty to charges at Echuca Magistrates’ Court. Photo by steve Huntley

An Echuca man has been disqualified from driving for two years and fined for drug driving.

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Trenton Wright, 33, of Echuca pleaded guilty to failing an oral fluid test, refusing to accompany police and driving without displaying P plates, in Echuca Magistrates’ Court.

The court heard after a preliminary oral fluid test indicated the presence of drugs, Wright refused to accompany police for a further test at a police station, on April 10, 2020.

On a second occasion on May 13, 2020, the court heard an evidentiary oral fluid test was positive for methamphetamine and cannabis.

Both times, Wright — as a probationary driver — was not displaying P plates on the vehicle he was driving.

Wright represented himself in court and said he hadn’t used illegal drugs for eight or nine months.

He said he now had a civil construction job that saw him working six days a week, telling Magistrate Megan Aumair, he “finally woke up to [him]self”.

Ms Aumair cancelled Wright’s driver’s licence and disqualified him from driving for a period of two years.

She convicted and fined Wright $2000.