'Selfish' mother more than three times the drink -drive limit crashed Mercedes with son, 7, in the car

The mum, who enactment her seven-year-old lad successful information erstwhile getting down the instrumentality drunk, appeared astatine Peterborough Magistrates’ Court connected Monday, October 7 wherever she admitted portion driving and was disqualified for 20 months

A mother has been disqualified from driving aft crashing her car portion three-and-a-half times implicit the drink-drive bounds with her seven-year-old lad successful the car.

On Friday, September 20, 44-year-old Inesa Memlika was driving on Atherston Avenue, Netherton successful Peterborough with her young lad successful the car erstwhile her achromatic Mercedes A Class collided head-on with a metallic Vauxhall Corsa. The interaction caused terrible harm to some cars but luckily cipher was seriously hurt.

Emergency services rushed to the country and arrested Memlika aft she was initially recovered to beryllium implicit the portion thrust limit. The ineligible bounds is 80 milligrams of intoxicant per 100 millilitres of blood, oregon 35 micrograms of intoxicant per 100 millilitres of breath. There is besides a bounds of 107 milligrams of intoxicant per 100 millilitres of urine.

Shockingly, Memlika remained much than doubly implicit the drink-drive bounds aft arriving successful custody via a infirmary check-up immoderate clip later. She appeared astatine Peterborough Magistrates’ Court connected Monday, October 7 wherever she admitted portion driving and was disqualified for 20 months.

PC Ben Chance, from the Road Policing Unit (RPU), said: “Luckily nary 1 was earnestly injured arsenic a effect of the collision. Memlika’s actions were incredibly selfish, not lone putting herself and different roadworthy users astatine risk, but besides her ain child. There is perfectly nary excuse for portion driving.”

The unit operates a dedicated, confidential hotline – 0800 032 0845 – which is disposable 24/7 and gives the nationalist the accidental to supply accusation astir anyone they deliberation whitethorn beryllium driving nether the influence.

Drink Driving

There is nary mode to cognize however overmuch you tin portion and enactment nether the limit, since it tin beryllium connected your weight, age, metabolism, the magnitude of nutrient you've eaten and different factors.

It's intolerable to get intoxicant retired of your strategy quickly, it ever takes time. A shower, a cupful of java oregon different ways of ‘sobering up’ whitethorn marque you consciousness amended but won’t region the intoxicant from your system. If you've been retired drinking, you whitethorn inactive beryllium affected by intoxicant the adjacent time and could suffer your licence if you thrust and are inactive implicit the ineligible limit.

Alcohol affects everyone otherwise and immoderate magnitude tin impair your quality to drive. The lone harmless enactment is to debar intoxicant wholly if you’re driving arsenic adjacent ‘just 1 drink’ could enactment you implicit the limit.

If you're recovered to beryllium implicit the drink-drive limit, and/or driving portion impaired by drugs, you tin receive:

• a transgression record
• a maximum punishment of six months successful prison
• an unlimited fine
• an automatic driving prohibition of astatine slightest 1 twelvemonth (three years if you person been convicted doubly successful 10 years)

Information astir portion driving, the instrumentality and the penalties, tin beryllium recovered connected these dedicated roadworthy information accusation webpages.