A STYAL prison inmate has pleaded guilty to possessing drugs earlier this year.
Emily Coulton appeared at Preston Magistrates via video link on November 3.
The 42-year-old pleaded guilty to possessing a quantity of cocaine at Lancaster on February 12, this year.
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The drugs were destroyed.
Coulton was fined £120 and ordered to pay £34 victim surcharge.
Magistrates made no order for costs ‘due to low means’.
The defendant’s guilty plea was taken into account when the sentence was imposed.
Coulton also pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine at the same time.
Magistrates decided not to impose a separate penalty for this offence.
An order was made to destroy the cannabis.
The defendant was given until December 1 to pay the £154 court penalty.
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