Southend drink driver banned from roads for over a year and fined
A drink driver who was caught behind the wheel in Southend while over the limit has been fined and banned from driving for more than a year.
Jade Rickards, of Manners Way, Southend was stopped by police in Victoria Avenue and found to have 60 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.
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The 30-year-old also admitted to driving without insurance when she appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on July 13.
She has been banned from driving for 17 months and fined £120.
Rickards was also ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £34 and prosecution costs of £104.
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