Jet2 air hostess high on cocaine caught drug-driving twice in 24 hours - but avoids jail
13.10.2022 - 13:53
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A woman who was caught drug-driving twice in 24 hours by the same police patrolman has been slapped with a hefty fine - but walked free from court.
Isabelle Peck, 20, who had taken cocaine, tested almost ten times the limit for the drug's compound Benzoylecgonine (BZE) after she was pulled over in her Vauxhall Corsa. Despite police warnings about the drugs staying in her system, Peck collected her vehicle the next day and was stopped again by same officer as she tried to drive home - and tested 16 times the limit for BZE.
Peck was fined £369 but avoided jail after admitting to two charges of driving with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.
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She insisted she had taken no further cocaine since her initial arrest. The reason for the higher reading on the second instance was due to BZE being more prevalent in her blood as the cocaine left her system.
According to medical experts, cocaine or its metabolites typically can show up on a blood or saliva test for up to two days after use. It can also show in a urine test for up to three days, and in a hair test for months to years. The maximum sentence for drug driving is six months in jail.
The first charge stated Peck was driving on Manchester Road, Lostock, on April 27 with 486 micrograms of benzoylecgonine (BZE) per litre of blood. The second states that she was driving on the A556 in Lostock on April 28 with 800 mcg/l of the same drug in her blood.
The legal limit for driving after cocaine use is 50mg - meaning Peck, who the court heard has started a job as a Jet2 air hostess since the offence, was over nine times over the limit on both
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