Woman who drove from Glasgow school while 4 times the limit avoids jail
Linda Osborne was also on her phone when she was caught in the city's east end
Last updated 29th Jun 2023
A woman who drove away from a school while four times over the limit has avoided jail.
Linda Osborne, 49, was snared nearby by police in Glasgow's east end on March 17, 2022.
The city's Sheriff Court heard she was at a meeting with the high school's campus officer who noted Osborne was under the influence of alcohol.
Osborne went on to enter her Vauxhall Viva which still had the engine running.
The officer contacted the police.
Prosecutor Siobhan Currie said: "When the police attended, she was on her phone.
"She then drove and attempted to manoeuvre her vehicle out the parking space."
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Police activated their blue lights and stopped the vehicle.
Officers detected a smell of alcohol and noted that Osborne had bloodshot eyes.
She was arrested having failed a roadside breath test.
Osborne then went on to do a blood test at a police station and was found to have 211 milligrams of alcohol in her blood when the legal limit is 50 milligrams.
Osborne, of the city's Barrachnie, pled guilty to a single charge of drink driving.
The Crown accepted a not guilty to a charge of exposing a 14-year-old boy to unnecessary suffering or ill health by driving under the influence with him in the vehicle.
Osborne was put under supervision for 18 months and disqualified from driving for 16 months.