Drink driving offence detected in Ballymena after police received report of 'erratic' driving
Police received a report of a vehicle being driven"erratically" in the Ballymena area at 1.10am and an excess alcohol offence was then detected, a court has heard.
Jodie McKeown (38), of Riverdale in Ballymena, admitted the offence which happened on Saturday January 24 this year.
The defendant had an alcohol in breath reading of 92 - the legal limit is 35.
A defence solicitor told Ballymena Magistrates' Court the defendant was remorseful.
He said she had been out for a meal and had drink and her intention was to leave the car and get a taxi home but she had "taken a chance" and thought she was "capable of driving" but it had been a "gross error of judgment".
District Judge Nigel Broderick said it was a "high reading" and banned the defendant from driving for 16 months and fined her £400.