Driver was six times over the drink drive limit
A District Court Judge has described as shocking the reading of a driver arrested for being drunk in charge of a car.
Before the court last Thursday was Alison Citron (39) of 3 Treacy Avenue, Sligo who was charged with being drunk in charge of her car on October 27 th last at Church Hill.
The court was told that the reading from a sample provided by the defendant was 134mgs per 100mls of breath.
Judge Kevin Kilrane noted that the limit was 22mgs, “so she was in excess of six times the limit.”
Mr Eddie Henry, solicitor (defending) pleaded that the defendant had been at work and went drinking afterwards. Whilst outside a premises having a cigarette in the early evening she was attacked and a person tried to take her handbag.
She was quite shocked by the incident and instead of taking a taxi home which she normally did she took her own car to get home.
The defendant did not have any previous convictions, added Sergeant Derek Butler.
Mr Henry added that the defendant worked in a restaurant as a manager. She recently had a fall sustaining fractured ribs and wasn’t therefore in a position to attend court.
Judge Kilrane said that he would keep the fine down given the circumstances the country found itself at present but he said the reading was shocking.
“It’s the worst I have ever seen,” he said.
Mr Henry said his client had been found in quite a drowsy condition in her car which was parked partially on her driveway and partially on the footpath.
Judge Kilrane fined the defendant €300 and banned her from driving for three years.