Model’s drink drive shame after work went tits up
Holly Peers, 32, failed a breath test after she was stopped for illegally driving her Fiat 500 onto the lane of the M60 which had been closed off due to roadworks. Tests revealed Peers – a ‘ soccerette’ on TV’s Soccer AM and who was in the top 100 Sexiest Babes list of former lad’s magazine Nuts – was over the alcohol limit.
She claimed to have drunk two bottles of beer before getting behind the wheel.
At Manchester Magistrates’ Court, Peers, who’s from Swinton, Salford, admitted driving with excess alcohol and breach of a lane closure.
She pleaded for the bench to be lenient, saying she was having to embark on a new career as her modelling work was “drying up”. Unpleasant
Her solicitor Stephen Connor said: “This is a sad day for the defendant. She has no convictions against her, she is 32 and entered a timely guilty plea, and sadly now has lost her good character.
“This lady cooperated fully with police both at the roadside and at the police station.
“She confirms she consumed two bottles of beer and she thought she was okay to drive that day. This was not a particularly high reading.
“She told the officer she saw other people doing the same thing, and it was being pulled over for the breath test which brought her before this court.
“She has a genuine level of remorse. This has been an unpleasant experience for her as well as going to the police station.
“She comes before this court expressing genuine remorse, which is clear today from her guilty plea at the earliest opportunity.
“She is a self- employed model, but work is drying up and she is struggling.”
Peers was banned from driving for 12 months and offered a place on drink driver rehabilitation course.
She was also fined £ 400 and ordered to pay £ 125 in costs.