- Tayla-Jade Fodera, 21, pleaded guilty to drug driving and driving without license
- Young mother was pulled over in Mackay, Queensland, in Toyota Camry in July
- She tested positive for methamphetamines and cannabis in a roadside test
- Fodera told Daily Mail Australia she had been a full-time single parent since 16
- ‘We all make mistakes, but I will be sure not to make the same mistake again’
A young mother high on meth and cannabis was pulled over by police while driving on an expired license with two small children in the backseat.
Tayla-Jade Fodera, 21, pleaded guilty to driving without a license and drug driving after she was stopped in North Mackay, Queensland, on July 29.
The court heard her license had been expired for almost a year when she was pulled over in a Toyota Camry with drugs in her system, the Sunshine Coast Daily reported.
Single mother Tayla-Jade Fodera, 21, was caught driving without a license while high on meth and cannabis
The court heard her license had been expired for almost a year when she was pulled over in a Toyota Camry with drugs in her system and two kids in the backseat
Fodera told Daily Mail Australia she deeply regretted her actions and had been going through a dark period in her life.
‘We all make mistakes, we are only human. But I will be sure enough to not make the same mistake again,’ she said.
‘I have been going through a tough time at the moment, recently leaving a domestic violence relationship of two years, moving back into my mothers home, and finding out she has bowel cancer.’
‘I only had my child present in the car that day because I am a full time single parent and have been since I was 16 years old.’
Fodera appeared in Mackay Magistrates Court on Tuesday and was issued a $1200 fine. Magistrate Damien Dwyer also disqualified her from driving for five months.
Fodera told Daily Mail Australia she deeply regretted her actions and had been going through a dark period in her life