Overview

• Lisa Hornby was convicted of driving with 159 µg of alcohol per 100 ml of breath in March, more than four times the legal limit.
• She received a 12-week sentence suspended for 12 months, a six-month alcohol treatment requirement, a 12-week evening curfew and a 36-month driving ban with a 36-week reduction option for completing a rehabilitation course.
• Pauline Brown was found to have 84 µg per 100 ml of breath after drinking a bottle of wine at Thorncliffe Cemetery before driving and acknowledged an alcohol problem during her July hearing.
• She was disqualified from driving for 20 months and fined £340 plus costs and a £140 surcharge, with a 20-week ban reduction available through a drink-drive rehabilitation course.
• Both Hornby and Brown had no prior convictions, prompting magistrates to emphasize offender reform by linking disqualification reductions to rehabilitation efforts.