A WOMAN in Bridgwater has been fined for possession of a class A drug.

Linda Valerie Jane Dennehy, 50, of Westonzoyland Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, attended Taunton Magistrates Court this week.

She was fined £40 for possession of diamorphine last June.

Dennehy was also fined for driving a motor vehicle whilst disqualified from driving on two occasions in 2019.

She was fined £120 for each offence, had to pay a £32 victim surcharge and £85 in costs. She has also again disqualified from driving for six months.

She pleaded guilty to both offences.

Another woman from near Bridgwater was fined for drug driving in the town last July.

Estanislau Pereira, 42, of Lilliana Way, North Petherton, Bridgwater was fined £120 at Taunton Magistrates Court.

She had taken Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and was driving on Taunton Road.

Pereira had to pay a £34 victim surcharge and £85 in costs. She was also disqualified from driving for 12 months.

She was also fined £40 for possession of cannabis on the same day last July.

She pleaded guilty to the above offences.