LIONESS goalie Khiara Keating will face no further action after she was hauled to court accused of a drugs offence.
was charged with possession of nitrous oxide canisters.
She and her mum appeared at Manchester magistrates last summer when they pleaded not guilty.
They were facing a trial in November and were due at a hearing last week.
But the case has been dropped owing to insufficient evidence.
At an earlier hearing, Isaac Mirza, defending, said Keating was involved in a car crash in June last year.
Two officers found in her vehicle but Keating and her mum denied that it belonged to them.
Nitrous oxide was categorised as a Class C drug in 2023.
Possession, where a person intends to inhale it for a psychoactive effect, is an offence.
But the gas can be used for legitimate reasons such as pain relief in labour.
Keating, from , became the youngest player to win the Women’s Super League Golden Glove in 2023/24, and will feature in next month’s Euros.
Khiara Keating will face no further action after she was hauled to court accused of a drugs offence 
Eze Chidiebere Paul
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