A teenage taekwondo champion has been banned from getting behind the wheel for driving while unfit through drugs.
Annan Jae Jones, aged 18, of Quarterbridge Road, Douglas, drove after using cannabis and alprazolam.
He admitted the offence as well as failing to stop after an accident.
Jones was banned from driving for 18 months and ordered to do 100 hours’ unpaid work.
Two men were said to have been acting suspiciously before driving off in a Ford Fiesta after colliding with another vehicle.
Police located the Fiesta which was said to be being driven erratically, veering from left to right.
They stopped the car on Hillberry Road and Jones was identified as the driver.
He was said to have nearly fallen out of the vehicle and appeared disorientated, slurring his words and being unsteady on his feet.
At police headquarters he passed a breathalyser test but a doctor formed the opinion that he was under the influence of drugs.
Pain
Jones told police that the night before he had taken painkillers and anti-inflammatory medication.
He denied taking any other drugs and said he could not recall colliding with another car but offered to pay for any repairs.
A blood test produced a result of 11 micrograms of THC - the legal limit in the UK is two micrograms but there is no set limit in the island.
A probation report said that Jones had told them he had suffered broken ribs while participating in taekwondo and had been in pain.
He said he took a non-prescription pill to help at around 9pm on the night in question and admitted to smoking cannabis earlier in the evening.
The report said that Jones had represented the island in the sport and was junior UK champion in 2016.
Defence advocate Peter Taylor said: ’The discomfort had been going on quite long term and he just grabbed something and stupidly took it.
’It was a minor crash. It wasn’t a conscious decision not to stop.
’He genuinely didn’t believe he’d had an accident.’
Deputy High Bailiff Jayne Hughes sentenced Jones to 100 hours of community service for each offence, to run concurrently.
He must also retake his driving test at the end of his ban and pay £125 prosecution costs.