A WOMAN has been handed a conditional discharge after she was caught with a class A drug in Hereford.

Marina Cotterall entered a guilty plea when she appeared before magistrates in Hereford.

The court heard the 43-year-old had been caught in possession of a quantity of class A drug heroin in Hereford on September 1.

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Cotterall, of Springfield Avenue, Hereford, was handed a nine-month conditional discharge and the drugs were ordered to be forfeited and destroyed. She must also pay a £22 victim surcharge.

No costs order was imposed due to her lack of means.