A Wolverhampton mother-of-two was caught with cocaine after police spotted her acting suspiciously during a late-night out in the capital.
Jamaican-born Tanya Edwards, 42, of Park Lane, Low Hill appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court yesterday.
She pleaded guilty to possessing a small quantity of the drug in Cambridge Circus, Shaftesbury Avenue during a trip to the West End on January 15.
The court heard it was in the early hours of the morning when officers became suspicious of Edwards and approached her.
She spat something white out of her mouth and when searched police found a small wrap of cocaine on her.
When questioned Edwards admitted she was in possession of the illegal drug.
The court heard she has fifteen previous convictions, three of them for drug offences.
She told the court she was guilty of “the recreational use of drugs” and had not been in trouble for four years.
Edwards was conditionally discharged for twelve months and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £20 victim surcharge, which will come out of her child benefit and child tax credit payments.
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