A HEREFORDSHIRE woman has escaped a roads ban after she was caught breaking the limit.

Katherine Elizabeth Thompson, 40, entered a guilty plea to magistrates in Hereford.

The court heard Thompson had been caught breaking the limit in a Land Rover on the A4103 in a 40 miles per hour zone at Fromes Hill in Herefordshire on January 9.

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Thompson, of Clyro, Herefordshire, was find £270 and received three penalty points. She must also pay costs of £90 and a £34 victim surcharge.

No totting disqualification was made as a ban would prevent her from being able to transport family members to appointments.

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