A police breathalyser (Image: Agency)
A Ledbury woman has been banned from the road after drink driving on the motorway.
Elizabeth Hall, of Pixley End Country Park, Trumpet, drove a Ford Focus on the M4 near Swindon, Wiltshire, while over the blood alcohol limit on November 23, 2021.
The 61-year-old had 216 miligrammes of alcohol in 100 mililitres of blood.
Hall appeared by video link at Hereford Magistrates Court on Monday, November 7, and admitted the offence as her trial was about to start, having previously denied it.
She was banned from driving for two years and fined £270.
Hall was also told to pay court costs of £400 and a victim surcharge of £34.
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