A WOMAN has been banned from the roads after she was caught drink-driving in Hereford.
Deborah Smith entered a guilty plea to one count of driving while over the alcohol limit when she appeared before magistrates in Hereford in June after previously entering a not guilty plea at an earlier hearing.
The court heard from prosecutor Sarah Hurd that the 43-year-old had been caught out in Hereford's Belmont Road after getting behind the wheel of a Ford Fiesta while over the drink-driving limit on July 8 last year.
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An evidential breath test revealed that she had 96 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal driving limit is 35 microgrammes.
Smith, of Princess Avenue, Hereford, was disqualified from driving for 24 months and fined £86 for the offence, with magistrates saying they had taken her guilty plea into account when deciding on the penalty.
She was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £200 and a £34 victim surcharge.
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