Driver banned from road
A drunken Sunderland motorist who left her car with “no front end” after slamming into the back of a van has been banned from the roads.
Shay Walls, 22, caused the van to roll forward and strike a car in front after she got behind the wheel of her VW Golf at 8.30pm on October 4.
Walls, of Toward Road, Hendon, was approaching twice the legal alcohol limit when police breathalysed her in Abbey Drive, Houghton-le-Spring.
Prosecutor John Garside told South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court: “She told police ‘it was me, I was the driver’.”
Walls gave a reading for alcohol in breath of 60mcg. The legal limit is 35mcg.
Annalisa Moscardini, defending, told District Judge Zoe Passfield: “She was very clear that she was driving and is mortified. I don’t think you’ll see this young lady again.”
Judge Passfield banned Walls, who admitted drink driving, from driving for 16 months and fined her £120 with £85 costs and a £48 victim surcharge.