Drunk motorist, 48, who was more than 4.5 times the limit in Iceland car park in Shrewsbury gets long road ban
Drink driver also ordered to stay off booze
A drink driver who was more than four-and-a-half times the limit in an Iceland car park has been banned for five years.
Katie Hobson, aged 48, drove a blue Hyundai in the car park of the frozen food chain’s store in Brixton Way, Harlescott, Shrewsbury on March 21 this year.
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A breath test found that Hobson had 164 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath - more than 4.5 times the legal limit in England and Wales of 35mcg.
Hobson, of Hinwood Road, Westbury, near Shrewsbury, pleaded guilty at Telford Magistrates Court to driving with alcohol above the legally specified limit.
Magistrates banned Hobson from driving for five years and fined her £500.
Hobson was also made subject of a 12-month community order which includes a 120-day alcohol abstinence programme and 10 rehabilitation activity days.
Magistrates also ordered Hobson to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a £114 victim surcharge, bringing her total legal bill to £699.