Drink driver caught in Dungannon town centre 'took a chance' to drive home, court told
In what was described as a “morning after incident”, a Coalisland motorist was handed a one-year driving disqualification at Dungannon Magistrates Court on Wednesday for a drink driving offence.
Forty-four-year-old Sinead Donnelly from Millview Meadow, was also fined £200 and ordered to pay a £15 offender’s levy when she admitted driving while having consumed excess alcohol in breath.
Prosecuting counsel said on February 21 last at 8.20am, police received a report of a suspected drink driver in the Market Square area of Dungannon.
The lawyer said police stopped a vehicle at 8.40am and spoke to the defendant and noticed signs that she had consumed intoxicating alcohol.
He said she provided an evidential specimen showing an alcohol reading of 51 mcgs per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 mcgs.
A defence solicitor described it as a “morning after incident”.
He said the defendant had been drinking the previous evening and “took a chance” to drive home.