'Gurning' mum was SIXTEEN times drug limit at 10am when she rammed into sister's car as 'family tiff' explodes

29.03.2022 - 19:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

A mother of two found to be 'gurning' and 16 times the drug-driving limit after she used her car to ram her sister's vehicle up and down the street has been spared jail. Natalie Warke, 41, repeatedly smashed her VW Golf into the empty car before pushing it across a road junction during a family row with her eldest son and her sister.

As Warke emerged from her car to argue with relatives in the street during the 10am spectacle, stunned neighbours called the police. When they arrived at the scene in Levenshulme, they found the mum slumped at the wheel of the Golf.

According to court documents, tests showed she had 800mg of Benzoylecgonine (BZE), the main metabolite of cocaine, in her blood. The limit is 50mg. She also had traces of cocaine itself in her system.

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At Manchester Crown Court, Warke, of Whalley Range, admitted dangerous driving, drug driving, and having no insurance but walked free after a judge accepted a prison stretch would have a 'harmful effect' on her youngest son, aged 12.

The 10am incident occurred on May 23, 2020, when Warke, who was diagnosed with epilepsy following a car crash in 2005, had a row with her sister and other relatives after one accidentally pranged the Golf. Andrew Mackintosh, prosecuting, said: ''This defendant was seen coming to a halt at a junction before driving into a small vehicle parked at the roadside.

"She pushed it back for a little distance then reversed and drove off only to return from the opposite direction and push the other car across a road junction. The defendant was seen to get out of her vehicle and there was disturbance involving other people and