A PARTYGOER has been banned from the roads after taking drugs on a night out.

Lily Powell admitted three counts of driving while over the drug limit when she appeared before magistrates in Hereford.

Police stopped her behind the wheel of a black Mini One at 8.15pm on July 23 in Hereford's Whitecross Road, prosecutor Mark Hambling said.

She was arrested after failing a roadside drug swab test and taken into custody at Hereford police station, where an evidential blood test revealed she had 244 microgrammes of cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine, 23 microgrammes of ketamine, and 36 microgrammes of MDMA per litre of blood. The respective legal limits are 50, 20, and 10 microgrammes.

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George Cousins, for Powell, said the 27-year-old had gone out to a party the night before, where she had "got involved with drug-taking".

The court heard she had taken a taxi home and had spent the day in bed before deciding to head out to get food.

"She decided to drive not even contemplating that the drugs would still be in her blood," Mr Cousins said.

Mr Cousins said Powell is currently in an apprenticeship and is hoping to go on to university.

"She is feeling very depressed about all this as she can see her whole future passing before her eyes," he said.

"The main issue will be DBS checks in the future. She felt she had been in a good place, things had been going well, and the future had looked bright before this."

Powell, who is of Kings Acre Road, Hereford, was fined £250 and disqualified from driving for 18 months. She must also pay costs of £135 and a £100 victim surcharge.

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