A former nurse has been disqualified from driving for more than two years after getting behind the wheel of a car while more than three times over the drink drive limit.
Wendy Alison Wilson, of Station Road, Nafferton, was stopped by police on Middle Street, Nafferton, on the morning of April 11 this year after they were informed by a member of the public that Mrs Wilson could be driving while over the limit.
The 50-year-old pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle while above the alcohol limit when she appeared at Bridlington Magistrates Court last Wednesday, April 24.
Mrs Wilson had been up drinking into the early hours of the morning of the offence celebrating the news that her husband, who had gone to bed early, had been given the all clear after undergoing tests for cancer.
At about 10.30am that morning, she went to pick up a prescription for her husband in a Volkswagon Golf, even though she was still well over the drink drive limit. She was found to have 112 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The limit is just 35mgs in 100mls of breath.
Lesley Stephenson, a Probation Services officer, gave a verbal report to the court saying: “She does regret her actions. Mrs Wilson has family history into both breast cancer and bowel cancer. She has been referred for genetic counselling.
“That and her husband have been a cause for concern for her. She does understand this doesn’t justify her behaviour.”
Magistrate Mrs Booth said: “It was a very high reading. It was very dangerous.”
Mrs Wilson was disqualified from driving for 26 months and given a community order for 12 months with unpaid work of 80 hours. She must pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £60.