Ban for woman who drove car without its front tyre

A member of the public reported the silver VW being driven erratically on Hartford Road, Huntingdon

A woman who drove her car without one of its front tyres while she was more than three times the legal alcohol limit has been disqualified for three years and four months.

Police were alerted to a silver Volkswagen Golf being driven erratically on Hartford Road in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, on 20 October last year.

Officers followed the driver, Emma Reedman, 53, to her home on Stokes Drive, Godmanchester.

On Thursday at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court, Reedman pleaded guilty to drink-driving.

Reedman provided a breath sample of 116 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath, more than three times the legal limit of 35 micrograms.

She claimed she had drunk the alcohol after she arrived home, but a forensic toxicologist confirmed the reading would have been much lower had that been the case, police said.

PC Alan Stanford said: "Thanks to a member of the public, another drink-driver has been taken off our roads.

"People like Reedman, who chose to get behind the wheel of a car while over the limit, are putting other road users' lives at risk, not to mention their own."