For the latest Stockport news sign up to the MyStockport newsletter here A carer driving a stolen HGV along the M6 while high on a cocktail of drugs has avoided jail time.
James Anthony Mallon, of Scoter Road, Kirkby, was stopped by police on the southbound carriageway of the M6 near Knutsford on October 24, 2020 driving a 2015-plate Man HGV tractor unit.
Officers had been called after an HGV was stolen from a yard near the eastbound carriageway of the M62 on October 1 that year. READ MORE: Car still stuck in Rochdale Canal as police hunt for those behind the crash However, when officers stopped Mallon, age 41, he was found to be under the influence of both cannabis and cocaine.
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