Driving Ban For Drink Driving Nurse

A mental health nurse who admitted drink driving almost escaped a driving ban, despite failing an initial breath test.

Stevie Schofield, 24, of Amber Grove, Forest Town, was found by police slumped across the front seats of her car near the village of Ompton in the early hours of April 17.

Police initially thought the car had been abandoned, and when they awoke her, she was in a confused state.

A breath test was taken, and the nurse's reading was 58 mcgs of alcohol in 100 mls of breath. The legal limit is 35 mcgs.

However, she failed to provide another sample at the police station, meaning officers could only charge her with failing to provide a sample, rather than with drink driving.

During the hearing at Mansfield Magistrate's Court her solicitor, Morgan Hogarth, admitted that his client "had a few drinks" then went for a drive, got lost, pulled over, and went to sleep. He said she had no intention of driving further.

District Judge Andrew Meachin said:

"It's clear to me that you drank and drove, we will never know what the reading was. The aggravating features are clear to me so I can't avoid imposing a ban in this case."

She was banned from driving for six months, fined £550, and made to pay £140 costs.

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