A WORCESTER woman who offered to supply heroin has been warned she must attend key appointments if she is to stay out of jail.

Klair Bradshaw, aged 48, of Teme Road, Tolladine, admitted the breach of the terms of a suspended sentence order when she appeared at Worcester Crown Court on Friday.

Bradshaw had failed to attend an appointment with her offender manager last November, or provide any evidence of why she had not attended.

Bradshaw had been issued with a sentence of 16 months in prison - suspended for 24 months - for offering to supply heroin.

The order also included 12 months of alcohol treatment and 12 months of supervision.

Amiee Parkes, prosecuting, said her compliance with the probation service had been poor, attending just one out of four of her alcohol treatment appointments.

However Miss Parkes said this only qualified as her "first breach of the order" and asked that it be allowed to continue.

The case had to be adjourned earlier this month because of the belief she was drunk, something she denied.

Judge Daniel Pearce-Higgins said: "Is she sober today?"

But Bradshaw claimed she had not been drunk and ascribed her behaviour to medication for bipolar disorder which she had been prescribed by her GP.

A probation officer who spoke to Bradshaw said she had expressed concern about completing group work as part of her alcohol treatment, and would rather have one-to-one support.

He also said she had been using alcohol and class A drugs because of anxiety issues.

Judge Pearce-Higgins marked the breach but said he would impose no penalty, allowing the order to carry on as before.

He warned her that if she did not attend appointments she stood the risk of going to prison.

The court case comes after several high profile drugs raids by West Mercia Police across Worcestershire last year.

Last summer a taxi driver was found with £7,500 of heroin and crack cocaine in the city, and in another incident two dealers were found driving around with £4,500 of the same drugs.