Former Casualty actress given drug-driving ban
Getty ImagesA former Casualty and Holby City actor who tested positive for drugs after a car crash has been banned from driving for 22 months.
Amanda Mealing was involved in a three-vehicle collision on the A1175 near Hop Pole, Lincolnshire, on 26 January last year.
At a hearing at Boston Magistrates' Court on 14 March, she pleaded guilty to being over the drug-driving limit, having tested positive for cocaine and benzoylecgonine in a roadside test, Lincolnshire Police said.
The 57-year-old, of Deeping St Nicholas, also pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention.
The actress appeared in court under her married name of Amanda Sainsbury.
She was fined £485 with an additional £400 in court costs and a surcharge of £194.
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