Elodie Le Labourier pleads guilty to drink driving in Sydney
A Sydney magistrate has branded an international medal-winning equestrian turned casual French teacher a “potential killer” after she pleaded guilty to drink driving last month.
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A Sydney magistrate has branded an international medal-winning equestrian turned casual French teacher a “potential killer” after she pleaded guilty to drink driving last month.
Jannali woman Elodie Le Labourier, 36, admitted she drank “15 full-strength beers” at a Woolooware home the night before she was pulled over for a random breath test on Port Hacking Rd in Sylvania on July 9.
Le Labourier recorded a low-range reading of 0.075, with police observing she had bloodshot eyes and appeared moderately affected by alcohol.
“I’m guilty, it’s all my fault really,” Le Labourier told Sutherland Local Court Magistrate Glenn Bartley on October 18.
Le Labourier was fined $700 and lost her licence on the spot for six months.
Mr Bartley noted Le Labourier lost her licence for 18 months in 2012 after she was convicted of driving more than four times above the legal limit in Victoria.
“You’ve got an alcohol abuse problem that has continued since then, and twice it has revealed itself in your drink driving,” Mr Bartley said.
“That makes you a potential killer – other people might be killed or injured because of your gross driving impairment.
“She hasn’t learned.”
Le Labourier, who is a single mother to a four-year-old girl, was on her way to Sydney Airport to pick up a friend when she was pulled over.
“Driving to Sydney Airport from Sylvania is a considerable distance to drive as a potential killer,” Mr Bartley said.
“You’re drinking too much, too often and for too long.”
Le Labourier was a renowned equestrian in her native France, winning a bronze medal for endurance riding in the 2006 World Equestrian Games.