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Solihull woman who crashed car after drinking binge could face jail
A WOMAN motorist who had been on a drinking binge could face jail after crashing her car in Birmingham and barely being able to stand when asked to get out of it.

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08:40, 4 JUN 2010UPDATED11:30, 24 OCT 2012
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A WOMAN motorist who had been on a drinking binge could face jail after crashing her car in Birmingham and barely being able to stand when asked to get out of it.

And when later breathalysed Lindsey McCarthy, of Elmdon Park Road, Solihull, was more than three times over the alcohol limit for driving, city magistrates heard.

The 25-year-old admitted driving with excess alcohol.

Magistrates adjourned the case for reports to be prepared and warned her that all sentencing options were open, including custody.

They also made an interim driving ban.

Colette Orton, prosecuting, said early on the morning of May 23 police driving along Bordesley Green East, in Bordesley Green approached the junction with Church Road.

Officers saw a gold-coloured Audi swerve, mount the kerb going onto a pedestrian refuge before crashing into a no-entry sign.

There were two occupants and when police went to check on their condition they saw McCarthy holding the steering wheel with her head hung down.

She was asked to get out of the vehicle as her face was flushed, her eyes were glazed and she smelt of alcohol.

“She stumbled out of the vehicle and could barely stand. She was dropping various items and could not speak coherently,” Miss Orton said.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/solihull-woman-who-crashed-car-126061

She said McCarthy was later breathalysed at a police station and that the lower reading was 152 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

When questioned McCarthy said she had started drinking from the previous day when she drank six pints of lager and had some vodka shots.

McCarthy said she then went to a friend’s house where she drank a quarter of a bottle of vodka and had more shots.

She said she had become extremely drunk and could not recall a lot of what happened.

Amarjit Sanghara, defending, said McCarthy was on antidepressants, receiving help from a psychologist and added that she was a woman of relatively good character

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