Heybridge man fined for missing drug rehab appointments

Sentenced – Clive Goater appeared before Chelmsford Magistrates' Court last week <i>(Image: Daniel Rees, Newsquest)</i>
Sentenced – Clive Goater appeared before Chelmsford Magistrates' Court last week (Image: Daniel Rees, Newsquest)
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A man who failed to meet his drug key worker as part of a community order has been fined.

Clive Goater, 46, received the order in March last year after he was found to be in possession of cannabis while committing a series of traffic offences.

He was ordered to attend a series appointments to address a drug problem.

Court papers show he failed to attend two drug key workers sessions in the months after his sentence.

He attended Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court last week where he admitted breaching his community order.

Goater, of Barbrook Avenue, Heybridge, was fined £40.

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