A HEREFORDSHIRE woman has been banned from the roads after she was caught drug-driving on a busy Hereford road.
Natalie Compton entered a guilty plea to one charge of driving while over the drug-drive limit when she appeared before magistrates in Hereford.
The court heard from prosecutor Mark Hambling that the 30-year-old had been caught behind the wheel of a blue Audi A3 on the A465 Belmont Road in Hereford on May 27.
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An evidential blood test revealed she had seven microgrammes of class B controlled drug cannabis product delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per litre of blood. The legal limit is two microgrammes.
Compton, whose address was withheld by the court, was disqualified from driving for 12 months, with magistrates saying they had taken her guilty plea into account, and was ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge.
No order was made for her to pay prosecution costs due to her lack of means, the court said.
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