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Jailed: Woman who was nearly three times drink drive limit at wheel of Land Rover

A woman caught nearly three times the drink drive limit has been jailed.

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Margaret Russell was found to be nearly three times the drink drive limit in a breathalyser test

Police stopped Margaret Russell, from Berrisford Close in Market Drayton, on March 21 while she was at the wheel of a Land Rover Freelander.

The 59-year-old was travelling along the A50 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, before a breath test recorded a result of 101 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes.

At Cannock Magistrates Court on Thursday, May 4, Russell was jailed for 12 weeks and banned from driving for nearly four years.

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