Drunk woman traps herself in closed Palace Family Restaurant after falling asleep on toilet
A mum-of-three who fell asleep on a Dandenong restaurant toilet after a big drinking session found herself in a pickle after awaking to find the owner had shut up shop and gone home. Her bid for freedom landed her in a police cell.
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A mother-of-three just out of jail got so drunk on a bender she fell asleep in a Dandenong diner dunny.
Michelle Martin was locked inside the Palace Family Restaurant when the manager closed the doors without realising she was still inside the toilet asleep about 2am on October 10 last year.
An hour later she woke up in a daze and tried to get out of the Foster St eatery.
She picked up a fire extinguisher and threw it through a window before crawling out, but patrons outside a nearby nightclub rushed to apprehend her, believing she was trying to break in.
She ran off, leaving her handbag behind, but police found her in a nearby street.
Martin was extremely intoxicated, telling them in her slurred speech she had been drinking all night, and was happy to pay for the broken window.
She was arrested and taken to police cells to sober up.
Martin pleaded guilty to criminal damage and public drunkenness at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.
Her lawyer said Martin had been only out of jail a day or two for breaching a drug treatment order when she went out, but made a “poor decision” to drink too much, which in combination with prescription medication “impaired” her judgment.
He said she was remorseful, had stable accommodation in Dandenong and was doing well with medical support for her drug addiction.
“You hit it hard when you got out,” Magistrate Pauline Spencer said.
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“What you did wasn’t the wisest thing, but it is fantastic there is nothing (no offending) since, and you are having good progress.”
Ms Spencer said she was pleased Martin had not reoffended, was getting help and had family support.
Martin was placed on a good behaviour bond for 12 months, ordered to pay $200 for the broken window and write a letter of apology to the restaurant owner.