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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Harrison Galliven & Rebecca Day

'I’m sorry officers, I have been drinking tonight'....drunk mum's garbled words to bouncer after he finds her slumped at the wheel of her BMW

A drunk mum who collapsed at the wheel of her BMW slurred 'I’m sorry officers, I have been drinking tonight' as a bouncer woke her from her stupor.

Fiona Travis, 44, tested almost five times the alcohol limit after she was found in her black 330e Sport on Leigh High Street in the early hours of the morning. Moments earlier, the doctor's receptionist was spotted cruising 'very slowly' along the road.

The concerned doorman, who was about to clock off duty, tried to rouse Travis by tapping on the driver's side window after a passer-by told him the vehicle had ground to a halt further up the street. But he then alerted police when he realised she was intoxicated.

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