Woman crashed into garden wall and lamppost while three times the limit
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Sharon Davison, 53, escaped unhurt from the evening crash in Ennerdale Crescent, Penshaw – and police found her in the driver’s seat, a court heard.
Davison, of Teesdale Avenue, also Penshaw, smelled of booze and had slurred speech when officers approached at 10.05pm on Saturday, July 21.
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Hide AdBefore magistrates in South Tyneside, she pleaded guilty to drink driving and was banned from the roads for 28 months.
Prosecutor Emma O’Hegarty said: “The evidence comes from an officer who was on duty when there was a report of a car that had crashed into alamppost.
“He noticed that a white Peugeot was on the pavement, and it had apparently crashed across the road into a lamppost. There was front-end damage.
“It also appeared to have hit a garden wall, causing it to collapse. A female was in the driver’s seat. Both airbags had been deployed.
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Hide Ad“The officer could smell intoxicating liquor as he approached the vehicle and the driver’s speech was slurred.
“It’s a starting point of a community order and a disqualification of between 23 and 28 months.
“The offence is aggravated by the fact that the defendant was involved in a collision.”
Davison, who has no previous convictions, gave a reading in breath for alcohol of 100mcg. The legal limit is 35mcg.
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Hide AdAlastair Naismith, defending, told magistrates: “No other vehicle was involved. The question for you is the punishment element.
“When it comes to disqualification, I would ask you to offer her the drink driver rehabilitation course.”
Magistrates also sentenced Davison to a 12-month community order, with 1o rehabilitation days, and ordered her to pay a £114 victim surcharge and £85 court costs.
They offered her a place on a rehabilitation programme, completion of which reduces a ban by around a quarter.