Maddison Batty, Imogen Munro and Brock Martin busted drink driving after poor decisions alert police to their offending
Three separate drink drivers brought themselves undone through their own stupidity including one done for speeding, another with a passenger in the boot and a third who blasted his horn at cops.
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Most people doing the wrong thing try to hide, blend in or at least avoid drawing attention to themselves.
But with too many disinhibiting drinks on board, three separate drivers faced Wyong Local Court on Monday after managing to bring themselves under notice of police through their own poor decisions.
THE SPEEDSTER
Maddison Rochelle Batty, 20, of San Remo, represented herself when she appeared before Magistrate John Arms and pleaded guilty to mid-range drink-driving.
The court heard it was her second prescribed concentration of alcohol (PCA) offence after being convicted of low range drink-driving within the past 12 months.
An agreed set of facts states police were conducting radar speed checks on the Pacific Highway about 11.35pm on August 22 when they noticed a red Holden Commodore heading north and travelling above the limit.
Officers pulled Batty over and she failed a roadside breath test before being taken to Wyong Police Station where she returned a reading of double the legal limit at 0.100.
“At the station Batty was cautioned and in relation to her drinking she stated she consumed an unknown size bottle of Champagne between midday and 10pm,” the facts state.
Her licence was suspended and she was also issued a speeding fine.
Magistrate Arms said Batty was “walking a very fine line” with another similar offence likely to land her in jail.
Batty was convicted, fined $700, disqualified from diving for nine months and put on an interlock order for 24 months.
BOOT SURFER
Imogen Munro, 23, of Noraville, pleaded guilty to mid-range drink-driving and having an unrestrained passenger in the cargo area of her parents’ white Toyota RAV4 station wagon.
Her solicitor Anna Stoddard told the court Munro suffered from a “string of poor decisions on the night” which started when she drove to the pub.
Ms Stoddard said Munro had four vodka lime sodas before she stopped drinking but by then friends started buying her rounds.
Ms Stoddard said Munro decided to drive her friends to an after-party when an extra passenger “jumped in the boot” and while she felt uneasy she “didn’t try to be assertive”.
An agreed set of facts states police noticed the car full of passengers about 1.35am on August 18 on Mimosa Rd, Budgewoi, and pulled it over when they saw the unrestrained male in the cargo area.
“The accused made admissions to knowing the passenger was in the boot, giving him a lift home,” the facts state.
She failed a roadside breath test and was taken to Toukley Police Station where she recorded a reading of 0.104.
She was convicted, fined $800 and suspended from driving for seven months.
HORN BLASTER
Brock John Martin, 46, of Budgewoi, pleaded guilty to high range drink-driving after he got kicked out of his house for being drunk and argumentative before coming back and blasting his horn at police.
An agreed set of facts states Martin had been drinking heavily at home on August 4 and placing online sports bets when he started accusing his partner of taking money out of his account about 10pm.
When he started becoming more and more aggressive, she packed him a bag and together with another family member told Martin he had to leave.
He said “I can’t drive” but was told he wasn’t welcome and an altercation ensued before he left in his ute.
A short time later police arrived and were at the location when they heard a vehicle driving past beeping the horn.
“The vehicle returned again stopping outside [and] holding on the horn,” the facts state.
“Police observed this vehicle to be a grey utility, so police followed the vehicle and activated warning lights and stopped the vehicle on Noela Place. Budgewoi.”
They arrested Martin in his pyjamas and took him to Wyong Police Station where he returned a reading of 0.168.
“While in custody the accused told police that he had consumed about 10 cans of Tooheys New beer,” the facts state.
He was convicted, fined $1500, disqualified from driving for six months and placed on an interlock order for 24 months.
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