Bath drug-driving case collapses as CPS offers no evidence

A case being brought against a Bath woman accused of drug-driving has collapsed with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) offering no evidence on the day of the trial.

Pagan Taylor, of Ridge Green Close at Odd Down, had denied driving on Sulis Manor Road on 20th January last year with two controlled drugs in her blood that exceeded the specified limits.

The 38-year-old was due to go on trial at Bath Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 14th January. She had pleaded not guilty due to concern over the line of continuity of the blood sample she had given.

The CPS had alleged she had driven when the proportion of Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (cannabis) in her blood was 7.9 micrograms per litre, exceeding the specified limit of two.

The alleged proportion of Benzoylecgonine (a breakdown product of cocaine) at 179 micrograms per litre of blood exceeded the specified limit of 50.

Although the drug-drive allegations were dismissed, Pagan Taylor did admit another offence at her appearance last Wednesday.

She pleaded guilty to having 0.8 grams of cannabis, a class B drug, in her possession on 23rd August 2025 in Bath.

District Judge Lynne Matthews fined Taylor £100, also ordering her to pay £85 prosecution costs and a £40 surcharge.

The judge also ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the cannabis.