A 39-year-old woman has appeared before magistrates in Manchester after police caught her drink driving in Urmston, with her two boys in the back seat.
Prosecuting, Catherine Allan told the court that police attended an incident after an ambulance was called for the defendant in her vehicle.
“She was in the driver’s seat of the motor vehicle and she had been carrying passengers but the car had stopped. It seemed she was driving her children but pulled over because she had a seizure, an ambulance was called who then rang the police,” said Ms Allan.
“She failed a breath test and was then arrested. She has no previous convictions.”
Analysis following the woman’s arrest found her to have 132mcg alcohol per 100ml breath – almost four times the legal drink driving limit of 35mcg.
Mitigating, Edgar Fernando said: “This is a lady who is not going to be in court again. She has no previous convictions or cautions and clearly, she is distressed and upset about this case.
“The night before she had been drinking with a friend and the next day she was going to drop her children off at her mother’s home.
“She has then driven the car a short distance and has then had a seizure or an issue where she could not drive. She pulled over and has called her mother to collect the children.
“She is not drinking at all anymore and takes Antabuse, which means if she drinks any alcohol, it makes her feel very unwell.
“She has worked with Achieve to make sure this does not happen again.”
Addressing magistrates directly, the woman apologised, saying: “I am extremely sorry what has happened. It is out of character for me. I am sorry for everyone’s time, it definitely will not happen again.”
After hearing a guilty plea to drink driving, Magistrate Joe Bangudu told her: ‘It stretches the imagination as to why you took such a stupid, unrealistic and reckless decision to get behind the wheel after consuming so much alcohol. It is way too much.
“We struggled here, I will be honest with you, there is no reason why a custodial sentence should not be handed out to you for this totally unacceptable behaviour.
“The decision you took was reckless, foolish and irresponsible. You should never make a decision like this ever again.
“You put people’s lives in danger including your own children, anything could have happened in that short distance.”
Magistrate Bangudu banned the woman from driving for 32 months and ordered her to complete a 12-month community order with 150 hours of unpaid work. She must also pay £180 in costs and charges.
Her ban may be reduced on completion of the drink drivers’ rehabilitation course.
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