Drunk Driver Banned, Fined for Hitting Boy

0:00A 48-year-old woman named Katie Green hit a young boy on his bike while driving drunk from home on the morning of March 18th. She'd been sipping booze during her workday in a new senior manager gig at Eon, pulling in 29,000 pounds a year, and was heading out for. More wine when the crash happened. The kid ended up with just cuts and scratches, nothing major. After stopping at the scene, the boy's mom showed up, cut a whiff of alcohol on Green's breath, and things got tense. Green handed over her details then bolted back home, where she poured a big glass of vodka. Cops rolled up after the mom called them, but Green flat-out refused to breath test, even after warnings, leading straight to her arrest. In court on April 8th, at Lester Magistrates, Green copped a failing to provide a specimen for suspected drink driving. Turns out she had a prior conviction from 2016, and her lawyer explained she'd been day-drinking due to alcohol struggles, panicking, after the bump. Prosecutors laid out how she tried calling police herself, but hung up, and officers had

1:03to enter through an open-backed door to talk to her. Her defense noted she'd lost that job since the arrest, can't claim benefits with her husband's 80,000-pound accountant salary, and she's now. Hitting alcoholics anonymous meetings. Magistrates hit her with a three-year driving ban, a 12-month community order including six months of alcohol treatment, plus a 200-pound. Fine, 85 pounds in costs, and a 114-pound surcharge. She's owning her issues now, stepping up to turn things around. Local news, powered by AI. This is Lester News Today.