A 51 YEAR old Skipton woman has been ordered to pay £155 in fines and costs for the possession of heroin.

Helen Ungor was stopped by police who saw her cycling along Broughton Road, Skipton, on April 1, heard Skipton Magistrates Court.

A search revealed a small wrap of heroin, valued at about £10.

Ungor, of Niffany Gardens, who admitted the possession of a class A drug, was a heroin addict who kept herself to herself, the court was told.

She was fined £40 and ordered to pay costs of £85 and surcharge of £30. A forfeiture and destruction order was made on the drug.