A man who drove after taking cocaine has been sentenced to two months’ custody.

Ross Alexander Beggs-Cairney is already serving a 14-year prison sentence for drug offences involving cocaine, so the sentence for the driving offence will run concurrently.

Magistrates also disqualified the 38-year-old from driving for two years.

Prosecuting advocate Annie Bannister told the court that Beggs-Cairney was driving a Fiat 500 on Castletown Road in Douglas on March 3, at 3pm.

Police stopped him next to the Sir Mark Cavendish racetrack in relation to other offences.

A drug wipe test proved positive for cocaine and a blood sample was subsequently taken.

It was sent to the UK for analysis and later produced a result of 89 for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.

When interviewed by police, Beggs-Cairney answered ‘no comment’ to all questions.

He was already serving a lengthy prison sentence after being jailed at the Court of General Gaol Delivery in June for drug offences.

Beggs-Cairney, of Manor Lane, Douglas, had admitted possessing cocaine with intent to supply, being concerned in the supply of cocaine and possessing criminal property.

Police searched the unit after Beggs-Cairney was arrested on December 17 while driving along the Old Castletown Road.

Officers found more than £1,700 in cash in the vehicle, along with a key to the storage unit.

A subsequent search of his Wash and Glow car valeting business on the White Hoe Industrial Estate uncovered a further £8,600 in cash.

Quantities of white powder found there were later confirmed to be 311.6g of cocaine with a street value of £31,150.

When officers searched the storage unit, they discovered an Amazon box containing almost a kilogram of cocaine with a street value of £99,800, along with weighing scales and clingfilm.

Beggs-Cairney’s fingerprints were found on the box.

Sentencing him in June, Deemster Graeme Cook said a ‘serious’ quantity of cocaine was involved and jailed Beggs-Cairney for 14 years.

Beggs-Cairney and another man sentenced in connection with the drugs case are appealing their sentences, with an appeal hearing listed for October 19.

Appearing in court for the driving offence on August 27, Beggs-Cairney was represented by duty advocate John Wright.

Mr Wright said it was a shame that the driving matter could not have been dealt with at the same time as his client’s previous sentencing.

He said Beggs-Cairney accepted that he was going to receive a driving ban, but would not have been able to drive in any event because of his imprisonment.

The advocate said his client had no resources to pay a fine and argued it would be unfair for him to serve extra time in default of payment.

Magistrates sentenced Beggs-Cairney to two months’ custody, to run concurrently with his existing 14-year sentence.

He was also banned from driving for two years.