DRINK and drug drivers appear in Essex's lower courts every week.

The offences usually attract a compulsory driving ban and usually result in a hefty fine.

These are some of the drink and drug drivers to appear in magistrates' courts in Chelmsford and Colchester.

Daniella Ivanova has been banned from the roads for 18 months after being caught drink driving in Harwich.

The 39-year-old of Parade Drive, Dovercourt, was found to have 66 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath when her Renault Megane was stopped in Main Road on January 26. The legal limit is 35.

She admitted the charge at Colchester Magistrates’ Court and was banned from the roads for 18 months and fined £369.

Ivanova must also pay prosecution costs of £105 and a £37 surcharge to fund victim services.

Claire Saunders, who got behind the wheel at more than double the limit, has been banned from driving.

Saunders, of West Street, Colchester, was breathalysed by police officers after being stopped on the B1027 at St Osyth on March 19.

The 43-year-old was caught with 88 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilites of breath.

Saunders admitted the offence when she appeared at Colchester Magistrates’ Court, and was ordered to pay £346 in a fine, surcharge and costs, and was banned from obtaining a driving licence for 18 months.

Andrew Tucker who got behind the wheel of a car while he was above the drink drive limit has been handed a driving ban and £1,000 fine.

Tucker, 49, of Honey Lane, Tiptree, was found to have 184mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood when he was stopped in a Mercedes in St Andrew’s Avenue, in Colchester, on December 19 last year.

The legal drink drive limit is 80mg.

Tucker admitted the offence when he appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court.

He was given a 21-month driving ban and a £1,000 fine.

Tucker was also ordered to pay a £100 victim services fund charge by the court, along with £105 prosecution costs.