A MUM from Hereford who had cannabis in her system has been handed a driving ban.
Elsie Thomas, 27, of Crossfields, was caught drug-driving in the city’s Mortimer Road while behind the wheel of an Audi A3.
The single mum, who had been using cannabis, tested over the limit with a reading of 2.5 microgrammes of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, a psychoactive ingredient present in cannabis, in her blood when the limit is two.
At Hereford Magistrates’ Court earlier this month, Thomas admitted to drug-driving and was banned from the roads for a year.
She was also fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £32 victim surcharge.
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The court heard she was caught on November 28 last year while driving along Mortimer Road, Hereford.
Chris Read, mitigating, said: “She didn’t realise the amount of time the drugs would stay in her system.”
He added that she had informed her part-time employer and would be able to carry on working.
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