The TUI air hostess found drunk at wheel of her car in pyjamas at 4.30am after 'four or five' cans of lager... but is CLEARED of any wrongdoing
21.05.2024 - 09:51
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An air hostess found drunk at the wheel of her car at 4.30am has been cleared of any wrongdoing after claiming she had been sitting in the vehicle to keep warm whilst mourning a friend on the anniversary of their death.
Natasha Galletley, 34 who was dressed in her pyjamas, fluffy socks and a dressing gown tested almost twice the alcohol limit when police found her asleep in the driver's seat of her Nissan Qashqai after she had consumed almost five cans of Budweiser beer.
It took officers several attempts to wake the TUI flight attendant from her stupor and they said she appeared ''confused'' and was ''swaying from side to side'' as she being quizzed. She was subsequently charged with being drunk in charge of a motor vehicle and faced a possible road ban, a £2,500 fine and up to three months in jail.
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But in court Miss Galletley was found not guilty of the charge after convincing magistrates she had stopped off to have ''time to herself'' to reminisce over her late friend, had been drinking beer whilst both stood outside and sat inside the stationary Nissan and had intended walking the six minute journey home. Magistrates in Chester said her evidence was ''honest and credible.''
The incident occurred on January 15 this year after Miss Galletley, of Mill Hill Drive in Sandbach, Cheshire, had been to visit a friend known only as Sarah. She told the hearing: “We were going to Iceland on holiday two days later and I went round in my pyjamas - it is the usual thing for us to do.
“We sat and watched some films and had some snacks and pizza and we talked about our upcoming holiday to Iceland and about the
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