Drink-Driver Pranged Car Day She Bought It

Bromley Magistrates Court

A mother-of-two was caught drink-driving while uninsured when police were called to an accident she had in the used car she bought that very day.

Chenelle Lobban, 25, of Carlton Terrace, Sydenham claimed she didn't think she would be still over the limit after enjoying a drink earlier in the afternoon.

The part-time courier pleaded guilty at Bromley Magistrates Court (pictured) to driving her Vauxhall Corsa with excess alcohol in her breath in Sydenham Park Road on February 12.

Her breath reading was 40 microgrammes of alcohol. 

The legal limit is 35.

Lobban also pleaded guilty to driving the vehicle without insurance.

Prosecutor Subhanur Chowdhury told the court officers attended a road traffic accident and when speaking with Lobban detected the smell of alcohol on her breath.

She failed a roadside breath-test and was taken to hospital.

Lobban told the court she should not have behaved in this manner, having bought the car earlier that day and failing in her attempts to properly purchase insurance.

She was fined £120, with £85 costs ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge and disqualified from driving for twelve months.