A drink driver was nearly a staggering five times over the limit when she was stopped by police on a Northumberland street.
Fay Watson's breath test reading was described by a judge as "one of the highest he'd ever seen" and was off the court guidelines scale when she was pulled over in Corbridge. When spoken to by officers, it was noted that the 44-year-old had a bottle of vodka on her passenger seat and she appeared intoxicated, prosecutors said.
Newcastle Magistrates' Court was told that police had received a report of a potential drink driver on the evening of May 22 this year and later stopped Watson, also known as Fay Dalby, as she travelled in her VW Tiguan on Hill Street. She was arrested after giving a shocking reading of 164mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath when the legal limit is 35mcg.
