Perfume company owner, 31, caught driving her Audi A3 whilst high on cannabis is fined £120 banned from the roads for 12 months – as judge slams her for having her two children in the back after smoking the drug
- Sadie Rudd was stopped in her Audi back in April after police received a tip off
- She admitted to the officer to having used cannabis in the previous few days
- She had seven micrograms of THC per litre of blood, the legal limit being 2mcg/l
Sadie Rudd, 31, of Bewsey and Whitecross, Warrington, has been banned from driving for 12 months after driving while high on cannabis
The owner of a vegan beauty business who was caught driving her Audi while more than three times over the drug limit has been banned from the road for a year.
Sadie Rudd, 31, of Bewsey and Whitecross, Warrington, was stopped by police in her blue A3 in April following a tip-off that she was a ‘regular user of cannabis’, before admitting to the officer that she had consumed the drug in the previous few days.
At Warrington magistrates court, in Cheshire, the mother-of-two was blasted by judges for driving her young children around after ‘taking that rubbish.’
Magistrates fined her £120, banned her from driving for 12 months and ordered that she pay £119 in costs and a victim surcharge.
Rudd runs Scent From Above, a perfume and scents business offering vegan products including bath bombs, lotions and wax melts, from her home.
She had earlier admitted drug-driving but said a ban meant she would struggle to be able to drive her son and daughter to primary school.
When asked if she had anything to say, Rudd said: ‘Just that I have two dependent children.
‘They go to school on the other side of town so I could do with the car to get them to and from school. I am very very sorry, I have not smoked it since. There’s not much else I can say.’
Georgia Leyland, prosecuting, said a police officer was on uniformed patrol in a fully marked police car at 2.30pm on Tuesday April 19 when his attention was drawn to a blue Audi A3 driven by Rudd.
Rudd (pictured outside court), who runs a perfume and scents business, had earlier admitted drug-driving but said a ban meant she would struggle to be able to drive her son and daughter to primary school
‘The officer had received information that the female was a regular user of cannabis,’ Miss Leyland said, ‘It was suspected that she was under the influence of cannabis.
‘Because of this he caused the vehicle to stop. She identified herself as the driver and admitted to having used cannabis in the last few days.’
Miss Leyland said that a road-side drug wipe tested positive for cannabis and Rudd was taken into custody for a blood test.
‘She has no previous convictions and is a lady of good character.’
Toxicology reports showed Rudd had seven micrograms of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) per litre of blood, the legal limit being 2mcg/l. THC is the principal psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.
Warrington Magistrate’s Court (pictured) fined Rudd £120, banned her from driving for 12 months and ordered that she pay £119 in costs and a victim surcharge
‘We have taken into consideration your prompt guilty plea,’ Chairman of the bench Andrew Brothers said, ‘We know what you’ve said that you have got your children going to school out of the area.
‘But you need to realise that when you are taking that rubbish you are driving with your children in the back of the car. You really need to stop.
‘It is not just you but they are going to suffer now as well because you are getting a driving ban for 12 months.
‘You have now lost your good character, you need to bear that in mind.’
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