Driver nearly nine times booze limit

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A 42-YEAR-OLD Dundee woman has recorded one of the highest drink-driving readings in the UK after being stopped while she was nearly nine times over the limit.

Kerry Jane Duncan returned the astonishing reading as she drove past shops with a passenger in the car.

When police officers breath-tested Duncan, she gave a reading of 188 mics.

The legal limit is 22 mics.

Duncan represented herself in court as she admitted drink-driving.

In a previous case, an English court was told a man who gave the same reading as Duncan must have downed the equivalent of at least 15 pints of beer.

Dundee Sheriff Court was told Duncan’s Ford Fiesta was seen driving erratically on King’s Cross Road at 4pm by a number of other motorists.

One driver contacted police because of concern about the nature of the driving as Duncan weaved past several car dealerships and a DIY store.

The worried motorist initially thought Duncan was lost and was slowing down and speeding up because she was looking for a particular junction. However, the driver then watched as Duncan mounted the kerb and came to a halt.

The concerned driver pulled in front of her and blocked her vehicle to prevent her driving off again.

The driver noticed she had two flat tyres and tried to alert her to the problem but it was immediately apparent she was heavily intoxicated.

There was a male passenger in the car.

The court was told that when police arrived, Duncan got out of the vehicle and was extremely unsteady on her feet and smelling strongly of alcohol.

Her eyes were bloodshot and her speech was slurred and she failed a roadside breath test, which led to her being arrested and taken to Dundee police HQ.

Duncan, 42, of Hindmarsh Avenue, Dundee, admitted that on October 15 she drove while she was more than eight times over the alcohol limit.

At court, Duncan said: “I have nothing to hide.

“Everything about me in black and white is true.”

Sentence was deferred until next year for reports and Duncan was banned from driving in the interim.

In 2008, a driver in Chorlton returned a reading of 188 mics.

Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard an average person would need to consume around 15 pints of beer to be so intoxicated.

Kerry Jane Duncan.