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Drink-driver caught after ex's tip-off
A Peak motorist was caught over the drink-driving limit after an ex-partner tipped off police, a court was told.
Officers stopped a Volkswagen Polo in Curbar at 3am on March 6 and smelled alcohol on driver Sarah Campbell's breath.
She failed a roadside breath test and was arrested and went on to give a reading of 82mcgs of alcohol in 100mls of breath - more than double the 35mcgs limit.
Helen Griffiths, prosecuting, told Chesterfield magistrates there had been nothing wrong with Campbell's driving and she was fully co-operative with police.
Campbell (38) of Arran Cottage, The Bank, Stoney Middleton, admitted drink-driving. She had no previous convictions.
The justices fined her 161, with 85 costs, and imposed a 17-month road ban that will be cut by a quarter if she passes a drink-driving rehabilitation course.
"There had been quite a lot of trouble. A man had been making malicious reports about her to various agencies because she had broken off their relationship," said Julian Hammond, for Campbell.
"On this evening she received a phone call saying he was going to commit suicide. She went to his address and he started an argument.
"She left and then he made a report to police that she had been drinking and driving. It's all the result of someone being spiteful."
Mr Hammond said Campbell might have to quit her job as a waitress in Castleton because it would be difficult to get there by public transport.
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