SOUTH DERBYSHIRE

An unlicensed taxi driver drove a severely disabled and wheelchair-bound teenager to school while high on cocaine and cannabis, a court has heard.

Peter McKay, of West Bridgford, was followed by an off-duty police officer who saw him hit kerbs and swerve into the path of oncoming traffic while carrying the 17-year-old, who has cerebral palsy.

The 27-year-old, who represented himself at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court, said he felt "embarrassed" by what he had done and knew he was "lucky" that no-one was killed or seriously injured.

McKay claimed he did not realise his taxi licence had expired and believed the drugs, which he took the day before, would not be in his system.

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