A woman found with weed and amphetamine in her vehicle led police on a chase where she was seen driving on the wrong side of the road and speeding.

Kim Sutton, who has been using both class B drugs for years, was at the wheel of her Ford Focus on Green Street Green Road in Dartford on November 10, last year, when she came to the attention of the police.

Despite seeing blue light and hearing sirens, the 60-year-old decided she wouldn’t stop and drove away with police in pursuit and at times drove on the wrong side of the road, breaking the speed limit.

Officers managed to stop her a short while later and then discovered she had no licence or insurance to drive the vehicle. When they searched her car, they found small amounts of cannabis and amphetamine inside.

Sutton, of West Shaw, Longfield, was arrested and later charged with driving without due care and attention, failing to stop, driving without a licence and insurance and possession of class B drugs, cannabis and amphetamine.

She admitted all six offences when she appeared before magistrates in Sevenoaks on April 30.

James Nichols, prosecuting, said: “It was 1.30am on the Sunday morning when police saw her and she failed to stop and drove off and as the pursuit continued, she drove on the wrong side of the road and at excess speed.”

The court also heard that after the police caught up with her and stopped her, it was found she didn’t have a valid licence or insurance to drive the vehicle.

The prosecutor added: “The licence was invalid and the drugs were found in the car.

“In 49 years, she’s not been before the courts, but in the 70s she was convicted of two thefts.”

The court also heard that she had two previous cautions for possession of class B drugs and that on the night in question, she had gone to visit her sister, who had been upset because her husband had recently died and that Sutton had gone to support her.

Magistrates were also told Sutton only had a provisional licence which had actually expired, and that when she saw the unmarked car, she didn’t realise it was the police, despite officers putting on their blue lights and sirens and had been scared and panicked and decided to keep driving.

The bench also heard how Sutton no longer wanted to drive and was going to go to the doctor to get some medication to wean herself off the amphetamine and weed. They were told she’d been using it for years to help with anxiety and depression and lived alone and was also claiming benefits.

Magistrates were also told Sutton was remorseful and regretted her actions that night and had now got rid of the car and was not going to drive again.

They fined her £120 for the no insurance offence and told her her licence would be endorsed with six points. She was also fined £80 for the driving without due care and attention offence, and had another six points added to her licence for that.

She was also fined £80 for the possession of cannabis, but received no separate penalty for the possession of amphetamine and also received no separate penalty for the failure to stop and no licence offences.

However, because she had now amassed 12 points on her licence, magistrates told her she would be banned from driving under the totting-up scheme for six months.

A totting-up ban is when a motorist accrues 12 or more penalty points on their driver's licence within a three-year period, which results in a ban of six months or more.

Sutton was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £114 and £85 court costs and will pay what she owes the court at a rate of £20 a month as she’s in receipt of benefits.