The wife of a former magistrate has been banned from driving for three years after pleading guilty to drink-driving.
54-year-old Anna Wiles was found slumped in the passenger seat after a witness saw her car weaving across the road. The witness called for an ambulance, fearing Wiles may have suffered a heart attack or a stroke at the wheel.
Manchester Magistrates Court heard how on January 10 Wiles had in fact stopped on her way home to buy a bottle of vodka and drank a quarter of it before finishing her journey. She had recently learned that she was to be made redundant from her role as administrator of a care home.
Tina Cunnane, for the prosecution, said: “She was spotted by an independent witness who saw her weaving in her lane. She was concerned about her driving and the defendant then stopped in the road.
“The witness saw the defendant slumped in the driver’s seat with her head back and her mouth open. She was concerned she had suffered a stroke or heart attack. When the paramedics attended they called the police.
“The defendant’s husband arrived and indicated that she was intoxicated. She was arrested and taken to the police station.”
Subsequent analysis showed Wiles to have 134mcg alcohol per 100ml breath. The legal limit is 35mcg.
A probation officer reported that it was her first offence and that there had been “an emotional conversation with her husband the night before”.
“On January 10 she found that she was being made redundant and was concerned about going home. She then made the foolish decision – and she acknowledges that – to buy a quarter bottle of vodka and consumed that in one go.
“She is upset that she could have killed somebody or herself. Fortunately, that didn’t happen. The reading was quite high but she has been co-operative and is very, very sorry for what happened.”
In addition to the ban after pleading guilty to the drink-driving charge Wiles was also sentenced to eight weeks in prison, suspended for a year, as well as ordered to pay £200 in costs and other charges.
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