Mother of five banned from driving after drug-driving offence days after partner's death
A MOTHER of five has been banned from the road after being caught driving through Hakin with cocaine and its metabolite, benzoylecgonine, in her system—just four days after the death of her long-term partner.
Amy O'Rourke, 33, was stopped by police on December 4 while driving her Vauxhall Vectra along James Street, Hakin. When questioned by officers, she admitted to having taken cocaine and cannabis the night before.
Blood tests later revealed she had 66 micrograms of cocaine and 800 micrograms of benzoylecgonine in her system—well above the legal limits of 10 and 50 respectively.
'She was with him when he passed away, which was four days prior to the offence,' her solicitor Fenn Richards told Haverfordwest magistrates. 'She'd lost him and took the drugs in an attempt to numb her pain.'
O'Rourke, of James Street, Hakin, pleaded guilty to driving while over the specified drug limit. She was disqualified from driving and handed a nine-month community order requiring her to complete ten rehabilitation activity requirement days.
She was also fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a £114 court surcharge.
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