Jai Maree Saunders convicted of mid-range drink driving in Toowoomba Magistrates Court

Failing to give way at a roundabout on her way back to her mother’s house was all it took for police to stop a Toowoomba woman, who was found to be drink driving.

A decision to drive to her mother’s house after a night on the town has ended with a Toowoomba woman losing her licence for three months.

Jai Maree Saunders faced Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Tuesday where she pleaded guilty to mid-range drink driving.

The court was told police were patrolling West and Russell streets at 5.30am on September 19 this year when they saw a vehicle fail to give way at a roundabout.

Jai Maree Saunders, 26, appeared in Toowoomba Magistrates Court where she was convicted of mid-range drink driving.

Police prosecutor Cameron Francis said police then stopped the 26-year-old, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, on Margaret Street.

Saunders told police she had been at Society Nightlife nightclub the previous night and had stayed the night at her sister’s before deciding to drive to her mother’s house.

After a positive roadside breath test, Saunders was taken to Toowoomba Police Station where she blew 0.135.

Magistrate Howard Osborne convicted Saunders, who was self-represented, and fined her $600. She was also disqualified from holding a driver’s licence for three months.