A HAMPSHIRE woman has been banned from the road for three years for drug driving.
Vanessa Turner, of Harrison Way, Rownhams, was caught on Southampton Road in Romsey, a court heard.
Turner, 43, was driving a Vauxhall Vectra on Monday, January 8. She had 143mg of the cocaine breakdown benzoylecgonine per litre of blood which is almost three times the limit of 50mg.
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Turner pleaded guilty at Southampton Magistrates Court on Thursday, July 18 to drug driving and using the car without insurance.
She was banned from driving for 36 months. She must also pay a fine of £120, costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £48. This has to be paid in full by August 15.
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