A Stamford woman received a three-year driving ban after driving the wrong way on a one-way street in Bourne while under the influence of cocaine.
Gail Duffield broke drug-driving laws. The incident occurred on Exeter Street in Bourne on September 4 of last year. Roadworks made it temporarily one-way.
Police found cannabis on Duffield. She is 44 and lives in Stamford. Police stopped her Citroen C1.
The court heard the case in Boston. It was 9:10 p.m., said prosecutor Tosin Abioye. Police saw Duffield driving the wrong way and ignoring the road sign.
Her car faced the police vehicle. Officers smelled cannabis in her car. Duffield gave them cannabis from her pocket.
Duffield’s cocaine level was over the limit at 13 micrograms per litre of blood, where the legal limit is 10mcg. Her other drug level was also too high.
Phillipa Chatterton defended Duffield. She said Duffield used drugs for her anxiety, near her husband’s death anniversary.
Chatterton said Duffield rushed to her mother because her mother had trouble with neighbors. Duffield saw nothing coming and drove.
Duffield admitted to drug-driving twice and to having cannabis. The court banned her from driving and issued a £120 fine. The court also ordered Duffield to pay costs of £85 plus a £48 surcharge. They destroyed the cannabis she had.
