Woman caught for drink driving when she went to check on a friend whose car was blocking a road in Stewartstown
A Co Tyrone woman who went to check on a friend whose car was blocking a road in Stewartstown, has lost her licence for 14 months.
Aoife McKiver, aged 25, from Bracken Ridge, Dungannon, was also fined a total of £400 with a £15 offender’s levy on charges of driving while having consumed excess alcohol in breath, and driving without insurance on February 3.
Dungannon Magistrates Court was told that at approximately 4.05am, police were tasked to a car blocking the road within the viciinty of Mourne View, Stewartstown, when a car came round the corner in the estate.
Prosecuting counsel said when police spoke to its driver, the defendant, they detected a smell of intoxicating liquor and she failed to provide a roadside test.
He said she was taken to Dungannon custody suite where she provided a specimen showing an alcohol reading of 71 mcgs per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 mcgs.
The lawyer added checks by police showed that she had no insurance for the car.
A defence lawyer explained McKiver had been out with a friend and she heard that her car was blocking the road and she was concerned.
He said she took her partner’s car and went to check on her.
Counsel said the defendant had worked within the care sector and hoped to do the drink driving course and progress her career within the NHS.
He told the court that she is a young lady who “you won’t see in court again”.
District Judge Francis Rafferty remarked she was over twice the limit and this was her second offence for no insurance.