Mum of two caught driving Mercedes high on cocaine said she swerved as her 'small dog had been sick in the back'

A mum banned from the road after driving with cocaine in her system swerved in the road as her dog had been sick in the back a court heard.

Michelle McMullan, 46, from Didsbury, south Manchester, was pulled over in her Mercedes in Cheshire last year. She was drug tested as there was a "strong smell" of cannabis coming from the car.

She was later found to have cocaine and one of its by-products in her system. During her sentencing at Stockport Magistrates Court, her solicitor admitted she had been taking the Class A drug "on and off" for several years and had an "ongoing issue with it."

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And magistrates ordered the mum-of-two to get help for her "problem" as they fined her and disqualified her from driving for almost two years.

Officers from Cheshire Police were on patrol Alderley Road in Macclesfield at around 10.40pm on September 23 last year when they noticed a silver Mercedes being driven by McMullen.

"At that particular point it appeared to be swerving in the road," Mr Smart said. "Officers followed it for a little while" he added before the officers indicated for it to stop so they could speak to the occupants.

"At that stage, there was the concern there may have been some nefarious substance that had been taken or ingested beforehand as the officers had smelt cannabis in the vehicle," he said.

McMullen was ordered to do a drugs wipe test at the roadside which was positive so she was arrested and taken to the police station. There she underwent a blood test which later showed he had no less than 20 micrograms per litre of the cocaine in her system, more than double the legal