Mum-of-two caught drink driving on anniversary (From Warrington Guardian)
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Mum-of-two caught drink driving on anniversary
8:00am Friday 4th January 2013 in News
Mum-of-two caught drink driving on anniversary
A LYMM mum-of-two was caught driving more than three times over the legal limit on a journey which would have taken less than 10 minutes to walk.
Vicky Davies, of Ashcroft Road, drove her BMW car home after guzzling two glasses of wine and sharing a bottle of champagne with her husband at Marco Marco restaurant, Rushgreen Road, to celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary.
Warrington Magistrates Court heard last Friday she could not remember leaving the restaurant or being breathalysed by police on Sandy Lane during the three minute drive, according to Google maps, on November 29 at 11pm.
Detectives found she had 125mg alcohol per 100ml of breath whereas the legal limit is 35mg.
Sonia Bellerby, prosecuting, said: “Police were called to a road traffic collision and found two females, one was lying on the floor.
“The other party had suffered a fractured shoulder blade but there is no information to suggest the defendant was responsible.”
Davies had no previous convictions and was described as ‘the sort of person the community would value’ after taking part in a variety of charity work.
Brian Koffman, defending, said Davies did not have an alcohol problem and was not a regular drinker.
He added: “It was a last minute decision to go for a meal and they told me they didn’t intend to drive back.
“They remember asking a waiter if they could leave their car at the restaurant once they realised how much they had been drinking but they don’t know why they didn’t.
“She has been deeply affected by the incident and feels terrible shame.”
Magistrates said they believed Davies’ remorse was genuine but she was lucky nothing worse had happened.
She was banned from driving for 30 months, ordered to complete 180 hours unpaid work and pay £145 fine and court costs.
Comments(13)
mikelwarb
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9:40am Fri 4 Jan 13
chunkymunky
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10:16am Fri 4 Jan 13
mikelwarb wrote:from the WG description i assumed she had a funnel, pipe and was 'wine bonging'!!!
Obviously what she did was absolutely wrong, but, please can we have less of the emotive reporting. Surely she was just drinking the wine not 'guzzling' it. Unless you had a reporter watching her prior to the incident and know better.
MikeJT
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10:39am Fri 4 Jan 13
.............Errrrr, maybe because they were pi###d!!!
(Technically "guzzling" means "to drink excessively" so I might be tempted to let WG have that one)
old-codger
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5:42pm Fri 4 Jan 13
Drink dirvers more than once over the limit should be banned for five years minimum and the points stay on the license for life. A drunk at the wheel can kill more people than a loaded pistol..
old-codger
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5:43pm Fri 4 Jan 13
live_wire
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7:37pm Fri 4 Jan 13
old-codger
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12:59pm Sat 5 Jan 13
If you lost a loved one at the hands of a drunk driver you wouldnt be so flipant.
organic321
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6:52pm Sat 5 Jan 13
Cheap Mower
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7:24pm Sat 5 Jan 13
organic321 wrote:2.6 years? . . . .
Oh deary me, this news is so frightfully awful for the high class resident folks that dwell within lymm & its immediate perimeters. You have now lost your licence for 2.6 yrs, fined £145.00, ordered to pay court fees, & also ordered to complete 180 hours of unpaid work. Consequences now... you will never be made a welcome to upgrade Knutsford!...happy horse riding
laylahsmummy11
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11:01pm Sat 5 Jan 13
old-codger
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12:34pm Sun 6 Jan 13
silverlady54
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6:08pm Sun 6 Jan 13
Don't, however, assume that everyone who lives in and around Lymm is wealthy and high class, it simply isn't true. As you will find in most places, there are a range of people, all classes and levels of incomes, even some unemployed and/or on benefits!!!
Daz@SankeyviaOrford says...
9:30am Fri 4 Jan 13