Katie Maree Harris in court for high level drunk driving

A Toogoom nurse who had been reported missing was more than four times over the limit when she pulled into her Toogoom driveway.

Katie Marie Harris leaves Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning.

A Toogoom nurse who admitted to police to being intoxicated behind the wheel was placed on probation and lost her licence for a year when she faced Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Katie Maree Harris, 31, pleaded guilty to three charges including failure to stop private vehicle, driving a motor vehicle not fitted with prescribed interlock and driving UIL in Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning.

The court heard at 2:30pm on August 12, police located Harris driving in Toogoom after she had been reported missing.

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The court heard they followed her into her driveway where she said “yeah I am drunk”.

She also admitted to the officers her Toyota Corolla did not have an interlock device on it, despite it being a condition of driving license.

A breath test was then undertaken which recorded a reading of 0.225, more than four times the legal limit.

Harris’s defence lawyers said “Ms Harris cannot believe the decisions she made on that day” and that she was remorseful for them.

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They said she had a promising future ahead of her, with a Bachelor of Nursing degree completed in 2017, and that she was now doing a Bachelor of Education.

References from Way Back Support Services where Harris had been receiving treatment were proof of her effort to rehabilitate herself, her lawyer said.

She was supported by her mother in court.

Magistrate Stephen Guttridge placed her on 15 months probation for the high level drunk driving offence and disqualified her from driving for 12 months.

Convictions were recorded.