Dundee woman drove while over seven times drink limit

A woman drove through Dundee city centre while more than seven times the drink drive limit.

Marilyn Lawrence, 39, of Naltam House, Dundee, was caught drunk behind the wheel in the city’s Meadowside on June 25.

She pleaded guilty on summary complaint to a charge of driving with 164 microgrammes of alcohol in her breath – when the new legal limit is 22 microgrammes.

Sheriff Lorna Drummond QC deferred sentence until next month for Lawrence to attend alcohol counselling sessions and for a supplementary background report.

At Dundee Sheriff Court, she told Lawrence: “At this level of alcohol custody would be justified for this.

“It is clear to me that anyone who can get behind the wheel of a car with that level of alcohol has a problem with alcohol.”