A HEREFORDSHIRE drink-driver has been sentenced and must attend rehabilitation for alcohol problems.
On August 22, Joanne Morris, 50, was caught drink-driving in Ross-on-Wye’s Greytree Road.
Prosecuting solicitor Lauren Millichip said Morris was driving a light grey Renault Clio, but had consumed alcohol before getting behind the wheel.
Morris pleaded guilty to one count of driving a motor vehicle with an alcohol level above the limit.
She was given a breathalyser test and found to have 104 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The limit is 35.
Morris, of Park Walk, Ross-on-Wye, appeared at Hereford Magistrates’ Court on November 5, where she was handed a community order for alcohol and mental health treatment.
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The order will mean she will be under the care of Turning Point in Hereford and a psychologist at Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
She was disqualified from driving for 40 months and fined £75.
She must also pay £85 in court costs.
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