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A woman who was more than four times over the drink-drive limit while transporting a child has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Margaret Rooney, 44, was stopped by police at the Trowse interchange on the A47, near the A146 junction outside Norwich, on 4 September last year after members of the public raised concerns about her driving.
Rooney was so intoxicated that she was unable to provide a roadside breath test. A subsequent blood sample showed an alcohol reading of 297 milligrammes per 100 millilitres of blood — almost four times the legal limit of 80.
Norwich Magistrates’ Court heard that Rooney was driving a Mercedes and had a 10-year-old child seated in the rear of the vehicle at the time. The incident occurred just three months after she had previously been caught driving over the legal alcohol limit.
Prosecutor Nicola Lamb told the court that police had been alerted by concerned members of the public before stopping the vehicle.
Rooney, of Cowles Drove, Hockwold, pleaded guilty to drink driving. Magistrates imposed an eight-week custodial sentence, suspended for 12 months due to her caring responsibilities.
She was also ordered to complete 10 rehabilitation activity days to address alcohol misuse and was disqualified from driving for four years.
The court was told Rooney had turned to alcohol following the trauma of two recent personal bereavements.
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