Moment drink-driving glamper who left hot tub party for more Prosecco moans about stinging nettles after flipping car
THIS is the moment a drink-driving glamper moaned about stinging nettles after flipping her car on the way to get more prosecco.
Drunken Sian Phillips crashed her BMW XI into a ditch in Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, on her way to pick up alcohol for a hot tub party at 11.30pm on November 30.
The 35-year-old clambered out of a passenger window and complained to cops “there’s a lot of stinging nettles around here”.
When the officer asked her what happened, she replied: “I was driving down the road from that way, I think I was on the other side of the road.
“I was driving from Swavesey. We were in a hot tub that way. I came out. I was driving this way. The road was really tight. I didn’t realise, and I just flipped.
“I just tumbled off the side of the road, and there’s a ditch, and I went all the way over.”
Peterborough magistrates were told a road side breathalyser revealed Sian was more than double the legal limit.
Her test results read 77mgs of alcohol in 100mls of breath and she was arrested at the scene.
Sian was taken to hospital following the smash but had not been injured.
The glamper, who had been necking bubbly in a hot tub with her pals, later told police she had “felt fine” to drive.
The 35-year-old said she misjudged a corner and ended up in the ditch.
Phillips of Pitchers Hill, Evesham, Worcestershire, was charged with drink driving which she admitted at court.
She was banned from driving for 14 months and ordered to pay £673 in fines and costs.
PC Ridgway-Coulson, who investigated her case, said: “Phillips was very remorseful – despite having had several alcoholic drinks, she thought she was okay to drive.
“Alcohol affects everyone differently and any amount can impair your ability to drive.
“The only safe option is to avoid alcohol completely if you’re driving as even ‘just one drink’ could put you over the limit.
“I have got no doubt this was a frightening experience for her and hopefully she has learnt her lesson.”