Mum caught driving while EIGHT TIMES the drug limit as daughter, 4, sat in back without seatbelt

A mum was caught behind the wheel of her car while almost eight times the drug-driving limit with her four-year-old daughter in the back.

Lela Snape was caught drug-driving twice in just 48 hours, a court heard. The first time officers stopped her Renault Clio in Sandbach, she tested positive for cocaine at almost eight times the legal driving limit.

Police found Snape's little girl in the back without a booster seat and with no safety belt on. The 28-year-old was released pending further enquiries, but just two days later, the same officer caught her again after she went to collect her car, Crewe Magistrates' Court heard.

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Tests were carried out and Snape was again found to have cocaine in her system. When questioned, the mum, from Macclesfield, said the offences were a 'mistake'.

She claimed she had been taking cocaine as she felt 'isolated'. Louise Dempster, prosecuting, told the court: "On September 23 of this year, around 6.40pm, PC Price stopped the defendant driving a Renault Clio on Congleton Road, Sandbach.

"It had just been sighted in the Congleton area and the reason the car was stopped as the occupants were suspected of being involved in an unrelated matter not before the court today. There were two adult males in the car with a four-year-old child who was not secured in a child seat or wearing a seat belt.

"A roadside test was positive for cocaine. The defendant was arrested and taken to East Cheshire custody facility for the drug drive procedure.

"Two days later, on September 25, PC Price caused the defendant in the same vehicle to stop on Electra Way, Crewe. The vehicle was said to have a maker due to having no MOT.

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