Estate Agent Hands Herself In For Crashing Car While 4 Times Over The Legal Drink-Drive Limit

Her car, which costs between £8,000 and £13,000, came to a halt next to a tree.

The sincere real estate agent then called the cops to report that she had crashed her automobile while inebriated.

Officers arrived, and she submitted a breath sample that tested positive for 99 micrograms of alcohol per 100 milliliters, which is four and a half times the legal limit of 22.

Solicitor Simon Hutchison, defending, said: "It's clear this was a stupid one-off on her part. She's very, very upset and annoyed at her behavior and she shows a great deal of remorse.”

"It is her first offense, there's nothing else outstanding, and I'm pretty sure we'll never see her again in the criminal court.”

"She has just signed a contract to become self-employed in a local estate agency business. Her work will be commission-based, selling houses.”

"She accepts that her main difficulty will be that now she won't have a license, she'll have to spend a great deal of money on taxis and things.”

"That will impact on the profits she makes."

Sheriff Christopher Shead told Lauren he'd got a "very extensive, very useful" criminal justice social work report on her before imposing the £1,000 fine and barring her from driving for 16 months.

He said: "The court's very sorry to see you appearing in these circumstances. As you recognize yourself, it's a serious offense.”

"Mr. Hutchison is no doubt correct to submit that the court's unlikely to see you offending in the future.”

"There won't be many people who've gone to the trouble of reporting themselves to the police in these circumstances.”

"That is a very significant feature of this case. It reflects well on you, if I may respectfully say so."