Limit: All drink drivers face a mandatory one-year minimum ban
A WOMAN caught more than four times the drink-drive limit has been given a three-year ban.
Victoria Smele was pulled over in a red Audi A5 in Chestnut Avenue, Chandler's Ford.
The 43-year-old gave a reading of 151 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of breath meaning she was 4.3 times the legal limit.
Appearing before Southampton Magistrates' Court, she pleaded guilty to the offence which happened on August 16.
She was given a three-year ban, fined £94 and ordered to compete 20 rehabilitation activity days
Smele, of Shannon Way, Chandler's Ford, must pay £85 court costs and a £95 victim surcharge.
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