Big Brother Star Fleed Paps While Nearly Twice Drink-Drive Limit

Big Brother star Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace was caught by police drink-driving at almost double the limit after colliding with another vehicle and continuing on as she fled paparazzi outside a charity event.

The wannabe model, fashion designer, magazine columnist, actress and television personality claims she had one large glass of wine at the function and only took to the wheel of her black Range Rover when her friend panicked.

Horgan-Wallace, 35, of Pioneer House, Britannia Street, King's Cross was fined £275, with £85 costs, ordered to pay a £27 victim surcharge and was disqualified for seventeen months.

She pleaded guilty at Hammersmith Magistrates Court today to driving the 2.2 litre 2011 Range Rover with 67 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - the legal limit is 35 - in Edgware Road, Bayswater on June 25.

A second charge of failing to stop after an accident with a ten year-old 1.8 litre silver Mercedes C180 was dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service.

She rose to fame in 2006 when finishing third in the seventh series of reality TV show Big Brother and told Hammersmith Magistrates Court she earns £10,000 a year, which is supplemented by £700 a time interviews, which pay her another £4,-5,000 a year.

Horgan-Wallace also needs some help with her geography after choosing a drink-drive rehabilitation course in Basingstoke, Hampshire, which she believed would be nearer her north London home.

"Hants is north isn't it?" she said as she nominated a course, which if she completes will reduce her ban.

Prosecutor Rav Chodha told the court: "At 11.30 in the evening there was a road traffic collision and the driver of a black Range Rover left the scene without leaving details.

"This was reported to the police and members of the public attempted to speak to the driver of the vehicle and it was picked-up by Automatic Registration Number Recognition in Edgware Road and was stopped.

"The driver eventually got out of the vehicle, gave a road-side positive breath-test and was arrested.

"She admitted driving the vehicle, saying she had one large glass of wine, but did not think she was over the limit.

"She also believed she had not hit any cars."

Horgan-Wallace was represented by the free duty-solicitor Miss Maya Lal, who told the court her client was attending a 'Fake Bake' skin cancer charity event at the Sanctum Hotel, Soho. 

"This was a business event and towards the end of the evening she had a large glass of wine and had not eaten at all.

"The journey was made difficult by all the press and paparazzi around the vehicle. Her friend Danielle, who has Crohn's Disease, kept stalling the vehicle and could not get it out of where it was parked."

Horgan-Wallace then took the wheel. "There were paparazzi on mopeds on both sides of the vehicle. She was being chased by paparazzi.

"She is a businesswoman with a portfolio of properties in north London and is embarking on a career as a comedy actress."

Raised as a Jehovah's Witness in north London Horgan-Wallace is also the patron of several charities and the court was told she is the  "face of" National No Smoking Day.

She told the court as they tried to asses the fine: "Tomorrow I have an interview and I'll get seven hundred pounds for that. It comes to probably an extra four or five grand a year."

After leaving the dock, where she was seen to wipe away tears during the proceedings, Horgan-Wallace told a female companion: "Oh God. That was horrific."