Drink driver
A Wishaw schoolboy who survived a life- threatening condition when he was just days old has made it his mission to raise funds for University Hospital Wishaw.
Ten-year-old Martin Hoey completed the six-mile Kiltwalk to raise cash for the neo-natal unit at the hospital.
The challenge was of special significance to young Martin, a pupil of St Ignatius Primary in Wishaw.
Mum Stacy, 29, said: “Martin was born in June 2008 at the hospital, six weeks early.
“When he was born the room was full with doctors. When he came out he was taken away immediately. “It was really scary. “He was in the neo-natal ward for four weeks as when he was born he had breathing problems.
“He was on oxygen to help him breath and when he was five days old A Wishaw woman has been ordered off the road after pleading guilty to a drinkdriving charge.
Yvonne Barr appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court last week and admitted driving a car after consuming alcohol.
When police stopped Bar r, of St Andrews Way, in Lammermoor Terrace, Wishaw, on March 16, her breath test was found to contain 61 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
The current l e gal limit in Scotland is 22 microgrammes.
Sheriff Linda Nicolson fined 25- year- old Barr £200 and banned her from driving for 12 months and 76 days.
The sheriff made it clear the ban will be reduced if Barr successfully completes a drink-driving awareness course. took a bad viral infection where doctors told us he might not survive as he had sepsis.
“Thankfully he pulled through after being treated with antibiotics and the fantastic care from all the staff in the neo-natal ward.
“He had to be fed through a tube for the first 21 days.
“We were quite young so we didn’t really have a clue what was happening.”
Martin completed the six-mile walk in just one hour 50 minutes alongside his proud dad Martin Snr.
Stacy, who was doing the 15-mile walk on the same day, was full of pride for her son’s efforts which raised more than £150 for the Wishaw ward.
She added: “He wanted to do the walk for the hospital and as soon as he finished it he said he wanted to do the 15 miles next year.
“When I was walking I got a call saying he had already finished and I couldn’t believe he went round as quickly as he did.
“It’s a great way to raise awareness 10 years on.”