The daughter of a drug dealing kingpin has been banned from driving after being caught behind the wheel while high on cocaine and cannabis.
Hannah Brookhouse, 27, tested more than twice the limit for a breakdown product of cocaine after police pulled her Q3 vehicle over at lunchtime in her hometown of Warrington, Cheshire.
When quizzed, Brookhouse insisted she was not under the influence of drugs at the time of her arrest and claimed she had consumed them several days earlier.
She said she had not realised the substances would still be in her blood.
Eleven years ago Brookhouse’s father Richard, then 45, was jailed for 20 years for orchestrating a £100million cocaine trafficking empire from behind bars while serving a separate 22-year stretch for drug smuggling.
Her mother Dianne, then 42, was jailed for 14 years after she spent their ill-gotten gains on Botox and expensive hair salon treatments.
She has since been freed and was at the latest hearing to support her daughter.
Brookhouse, who has posted glamorous selfies of her nights out and trips to Ibiza, was fined £461 at Warrington Magistrates’ Court.
Hannah Brookhouse, 27, tested more than twice the limit for a breakdown product of cocaine after police pulled her Q3 vehicle over at lunchtime in her hometown of Warrington, Cheshire
When quizzed, Brookhouse insisted she was not under the influence of drugs at the time of her arrest and claimed she had consumed them several days earlier
Eleven years ago Brookhouse’s father Richard (pictured) was jailed for 20 years for orchestrating a £100million cocaine trafficking empire from behind bars
Hannah Brookhouse is pictured here outside Warrington Magistrates’ Court with mother Diane
She was also ordered to pay £269 in costs and surcharge while being banned from driving for 12 months, after the defendant had admitted drug driving.
The incident occurred on Museum Street in central Warrington on March 10 at 1pm.
Chloe Durose, prosecuting, said: ‘The defendant was sighted by officers driving an Audi Q3. The officers stopped the defendant. She stated she had consumed cocaine and cannabis a few days earlier.
‘A roadside drug wipe was positive for cocaine. The defendant was arrested and conveyed to custody where a blood test was taken.
‘That too provided a positive reading. She has got no previous convictions.’
Blood tests showed Brookhouse, from Warrington, had 109 micrograms of benzoylecgonine per litre of blood.
BZE is a breakdown product of cocaine and the legal limit is 50mcg/l.
Representing herself, Brookhouse said: ‘I was not on drugs behind the wheel of the car. I was not actually doing that at the time – it was days earlier but it was still in my system. I know it’s not an excuse anyway.
Brookhouse, who has posted glamorous selfies including shots at home as well as nights out and trips to Ibiza, was fined £461 at Warrington Magistrates’ Court
She was also ordered to pay £269 in costs and surcharge while being banned from driving for 12 months, after the defendant had admitted drug driving
Pictured is Hannah Brookhouse’s mother Diane when she was jailed for drug offences in 2014
Blood tests at the time of her arrest showed Hannah Brookhouse (pictured), from Warrington in Cheshire, had 109 micrograms of benzoylecgonine per litre of blood
‘I work in Manchester but I know that this is not going to make any difference. I just got finance £600 per month on the car and I have now got to sort that all out.
‘I know it was all my own fault. I have got to find other ways to get to work.’
When asked by JPs whether she knew how long the drugs stayed in her system, Brookhouse replied: ‘I do not know exactly how long but I do know I am stupid for doing that. I should not have done that ever.’
In 2014 a court heard how Richard Brookhouse had originally been jailed for 22 years in 2003 for drug-related crimes.
By 2012 he had convinced prison bosses at Kirkham jail in Lancashire of his rehabilitation by volunteering at a charity shop.
He was granted days and weekends at home with his wife under day release, but used his freedom to meet with drug gangs in Liverpool and Manchester.
Police believe he and his gang subsequently smuggled about half a ton of pure cocaine into the country, using minions to transport sealed drug packages from France under the guise of fishing trips.
The operation was said to be family business, with Diane acting as his ‘business assistant.’
Hannah Brookhouse’s mother Diane (pictured) accompanied her daughter outside court
When asked whether she knew how long the drugs stayed in her system, Hannah Brookhouse (pictured) replied: ‘I do not know exactly how long but I do know I am stupid for doing that’
Facing a driving ban, Hannah Brookhouse (pictured) said: ‘I know it was all my own fault. I have got to find other ways to get to work’
Hannah Brookhouse (pictured) said she did not realise the drugs would still be in her blood
She enjoyed a lavish lifestyle funded by her husband’s criminal enterprise, indulging in Botox, fillers and costly haircuts while also receiving welfare benefits.
At her husband’s trial, it was disclosed she visited a high-end Toni and Guy salon 16 times within a year.
She had two iPhones, flaunted thick wads of cash and, upon her arrest, had a receipt for a £1,215 Chloe designer handbag.
She was said to have made a substantial cash deposit on her rented property and had a Mercedes CLC 180 Sport and a VW Golf convertible.
Prosecutors argued she played the role of his criminal aide, picking him up from prison during day release and driving him to rendezvous points to meet with dealers.
