Woman caught drink driving after buying wine in Barrow

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 17:11 · Archive

Victoria Edgecombe, 41, was found in her car over four times the legal drink drive limit after staff alerted police.

Victoria Edgecombe, 41, was arrested in Barrow after Co-op staff on St Luke Street alerted police at 9:30pm on 9 September. Staff were concerned for the welfare of a woman who appeared drunk and had purchased a bottle of wine before returning to her vehicle. Officers found her in a Vauxhall Corsa parked on Roose Road with the keys in the ignition but the engine switched off.

She recorded a breathalyser reading of 175 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, nearly five times the legal limit of 35 micrograms. A subsequent evidential sample taken in police custody showed 150 micrograms. Edgecombe pleaded guilty at the first opportunity to being drunk whilst in charge of a motor vehicle.

Her solicitor told South Cumbria Magistrates' Court that she had left her vehicle at the location earlier in the day after drinking, and did not know why she had got into the car. He said she had been diagnosed with PTSD and acknowledged problems with alcohol. This was her first criminal conviction. Magistrates banned her from driving for 12 months, ordered her to complete an 80-day alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement, and fined her £85 in court costs plus a £114 victim surcharge.

How it is being reported

• Co-op staff alert police after drunk mum-of-three returns to car with wineA BINGE drinking woman was caught over four times the legal drink driving limit after purchasing a bottle of wine from a convenience store in Barrow, a court heard.Cumberland News · 5 Nov, 16:47
• Co-op staff alert police after drunk mum-of-three returns to car with wineA BINGE drinking woman was caught over four times the legal drink driving limit after purchasing a bottle of wine from a convenience store in Barrow, a court heard.NW Evening Mail · 5 Nov, 06:00

In this story: Victoria Edgecombe · Co-op · Barrow · South Cumbria Magistrates' Court

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