News Hit parked cars while over limit
A woman has been banned from driving after ploughing into two parked cars while over the limit.
Louise Drury, who is assistant manager at Fullers the bakers in Howden, was given a 20-month ban by Goole magistrates after she pleaded guilty to drink-driving.
Miss Drury hit the two parked vehicles on Pinfold Street in Howden at about midnight on March 30 this year.
Her car overturned and she stayed with it until police, ambulance and fire crews arrived.
A blood test later revealed she was more than twice over the drink-drive limit.
Miss Drury's car was a write-off but she suffered only minor injuries in the collision. There was no one in either of the two parked cars.
Shaun Pinchbeck, defending, said Miss Drury, who has no previous convictions, had earlier been to The Vikings pub in Goole for a drink.
She had then returned to her former home in Goole, which she shared with another girl.
Miss Drury claimed that, on returning home, her housemate became abusive towards her, saying she had not paid for some of the items in the house and did not have the right to live there any more. She then told Miss Drury she would have to leave. At this point Miss Drury got in her car and drove to her mother's in Howden.
Mr Pinchbeck stated that the only way she could get there was by car because it was so late.
After being arrested Miss Drury, who now lives with her mother on Pinfold Street in Howden, was taken to Hull Police Station, where officers took a sample of blood. The lower reading showed that Miss Drury had 181mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood. The legal limit for a driver is 80mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood.
As well as the driving ban, magistrates fined Miss Drury £25 and ordered her to pay prosecution costs of £40.
She was also made to pay a victim surcharge of £15 and offered a place on a drink-drive reform course,which, if she accepts, will reduce her ban by five months.
Published on 12th June 2008 in News.
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