Mum dropped kids at their grandmother's house in her Audi while over the limit from drinking binge with pal

11.03.2022 - 13:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

A mum has been banned from driving after she took her two young children out in her Audi while almost four times over the limit.

Laura Lyons had returned from a boozy night out with a friend just hours before she set off to drop the two boys off with their grandmother.

Police officers found the 39-year-old in a daze at the wheel of her stationary A6 S Line vehicle in Urmston, having apparently suffered a seizure.

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The receptionist was arrested after a breathalyser revealed she had 132 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - the legal limit being 35mg.

Manchester Magistrates Court heard that Lyons - whose husband's successful tattooing business has featured on BBC, ITV and Channel 5 - had been on a drinking binge the previous evening with a friend.

She was still over the limit when she went to drop the youngsters off the next day.

Lyons pulled over when she suffered a medical episode at the wheel as she travelled along Stretford Road in Urmston.

The two boys were collected by their grandmother and were not harmed in the incident. Lyons is now receiving counselling from the alcohol recovery organisation Achieve.

Yesterday (Thursday, March 10), Lyons, who lives in a £450,000 property in Flixton, was banned from driving for 32 months after admitting being drunk in charge of a car.

She was also ordered to a complete a 12-month community order, 150 hours unpaid work and pay £180 in costs and surcharges.

Sentencing her, JP Joe Bangudu said: ''It stretches the imagination as to the reason why you took such a stupid, unrealistic and reckless decision to get behind the wheel after consuming so much alcohol. It is way too much.

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