Drink driver nan was 4x over limit and on way to buy more booze when cops stopped her

A 47-year-old grandma from Blyth, Northumberland, who was astir 4 times the ineligible bounds erstwhile she drove her Mini Cooper to get much intoxicant has avoided a situation sentence

A drink-driving nan who was astir 4 times the ineligible bounds was stopped by police connected her mode to bargain much alcohol.

Strangers took Tracey Craig's keys to her Mini Cooper aft seeing her down the instrumentality and go disquieted astir however intoxicated she was. They past rang constabulary who arrived swiftly astatine the country successful Blyth, Northumberland, and conducted a roadside enactment test.

The 47-year-old failed it aft giving a speechmaking of 128mcg of intoxicant successful 100ml of enactment - the ineligible bounds is lone 35mcg. When questioned by police the grandma admitted she had downed respective vodka and cokes earlier driving to her section store to get immoderate much alcoholic drinks.

Craig, of Edendale Court, successful Blyth, was handed a six-week situation condemnation which was suspended for 12 months. She besides received a prohibition from driving for 3 years aft admitting to driving with excess alcohol.

Prosecutor Paul Anderson told South East North Magistrates' Court however members of the nationalist rang constabulary astatine astir 6.40pm connected October 20. Later on, officers attended Weardale avenue wherever they recovered the middle-aged pistillate successful the backmost of different person's car.

He added: "She blows good implicit the bounds connected the roadside test. The speechmaking is simply a precise precocious one, 128mcg successful breath. The speechmaking really takes you supra the custodial threshold.

"She accepts driving the conveyance and being implicit the limit. She said a subordinate of nationalist took her keys from her to forestall her from driving further."

The tribunal heard that Craig, who has nary past convictions, had been driving to the store successful bid to bargain much vodka erstwhile she was stopped. Graham Crouth, defending, said Craig present admitted she had a occupation with alcohol.

Mr Crouth added: "She's had a hard life. At the clip of this offence, she was drinking a vessel of vodka a day." Magistrates besides ordered Craig yo bash 40 hours of unpaid enactment and ordered her to wage a full of £239 successful costs and a unfortunate surcharge."