A WOMAN was three times the drink-drive limit when she was caught behind the wheel in a Herefordshire town.

Lisa Gittings entered a guilty plea when she appeared before magistrates in Hereford.

Prosecutor Mark Hambling said police had stopped to speak to the 39-year-old after following her as she drove a Volkswagen Polo in Ross-on-Wye at 8.15pm on July 15.

Gittings was asked to take a roadside breath test, and was arrested after it returned a positive result. An evidential breath test in custody revealed she had 109 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than three times the legal limit of 35.

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The court heard Gittings was previously banned from the roads for drink-driving in November 2020.

George Cousins, for Gittings, said the case needed to be sent for a pre-sentencing report to be carried out by probation.

The case was adjourned and Gittings, of Rudhall View, Ross, will appear before Hereford magistrates next on August 16.

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