Isabelle Peck, 20, who had taken cocaine, tested almost ten times the limit for the drug's compound Benzoylecgonine 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.
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. 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 occasions.
“The second offence effectively took place the day after at 7.30pm. It was actually the same officer who spotted the defendant driving her car. The officer had warned the defendant the day before about the drugs still being in her system and told her to wait a longer time before driving again. “She is absolutely very much aware that when she went to pick her car up she should have waited longer and got someone else to pick it up.
“Since the date of the offence, she has obtained a job as cabin crew for Jet2,” Mr Farnan said, “They regularly drug test and she has not taken any cocaine since she started that job.The legal advisor told magistrates that benzoylecgonine is a breakdown product of cocaine. “That is why the BZE has increased rather than because of consumption of cocaine,” he said.
Some errors in this story. No doubt jet2tweets will be getting rid of her asap
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