A WOMAN has been fined and banned from the roads after she was caught drink driving.
Claire Excel, aged 43, was caught over the alcohol limit while driving a Toyota Aygo in Stumpwell Lane, Wotton on October 27.
She had 44 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - the limit is 35.
Excel pleaded guilty at Cheltenham Magistrates on November 7, where she was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 in costs plus a £48 surcharge - a total of £253.
Excel, of Dauncey Close, Wotton, was also banned for 12 months.
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