A 45-YEAR-OLD Clitheroe woman altered a prescription to increase the amount of tablets she would receive.

Blackburn magistrates heard it was the third time Barbara Ann Millington had been dealt with for a similar offence.

And she was warned that if she kept coming back to court there would be serious consequences.

Millington, of St James' Street, pleaded guilty to forging a prescription. She was made subject to a community supervision order for 18 months, and ordered to pay £55 costs.

Wendy Chappell, prosecuting, said Millington took her prescription into Heys Chemist, in Moor Lane, where she was known.

The prescription was for four diazepam and eight zopiclone, but these had been altered to 14 and 18 respectively.

In December 2004, Millington had altered a prescription for four diazepam and 10 zopiclone to read 114 and 110. She was also cautioned for forging a prescription in 2003.

The bench read pre-sentence reports.

Stephen Barker, defending, said domestic factors referred to in the report were behind the offending.

He added: "I won't dwell on them in open court, but they have led to her reacting in this way, as she has done on two previous occasions."