A DRUG driver has been banned from getting behind the wheel for three years and fined.
Natasha Sparkes, of Foxdown in Overton, on May 11, this year, drove in Grafton Way in Basingstoke with 12 micrograms of cocaine per litre of blood and 785 micrograms of benzoylecgonine per litre of blood. The legal limit is 10 and 50 respectively.
The 38-year-old also had no insurance at the time of the offences.
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During a hearing which was held at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court on September 5, Sparkes pleaded guilty to all offences.
Magistrates banned Sparkes from driving for three years and ordered her to pay fines totalling £220.
She must also pay court costs of £40 and a surcharge fee of £88.
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