A 66-year-old man from Cornwall has admitted driving under the influence of cannabis and benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.

Gary Raymond Edwins, of Glansey Road, Falmouth, appeared before magistrates via a video link from the UK, also pleading guilty to having no insurance.

Blood tests showed results of 3.4 for cannabis, which has a limit of two, and 87 for benzoylecgonine, which has a 50 limit.

Edwins was told he would have to attend in person for sentencing, on January 15, but said he was struggling for money.

He was warned a warrant could be issued, but then said he may have to hand himself in at a police station, so that they would then bring him to the island.