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20.06.2023 - 11:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A shop assistant got drunk and drove to a McDonald's drive thru for a midnight snack, a court heard. Staff at the restaurant in Bolton said Antoinette Farley, 26, was virtually falling asleep at the wheel, swaying in her seat and slurring her words as she waited for her Big Mac and fries.
A McDonald's manager called 999 after he saw Farley struggle to drive her Citroen C4 into a nearby car park to eat her meal. He followed on foot and took the car key from her before remaining at the scene until police arrived.
Officers said the driver was so intoxicated she gave her date of birth when asked for her address. At the roadside, Farley provide a specimen of breath which showed she had 145 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
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She was taken to Swinton Police Station, where she provided an evidential reading of 114 mg. The legal limit is 35mg.
At Wigan magistrates court, Farley, of Perendale Rise, Bolton admitted driving whilst unfit through drink but said the offence occurred because she wanted to 'get out of her house' due to suffering a mental health crisis. She said she had been drinking heavily as she had been grieving over the death of her father ten years ago.
Miss Kauser Khan, prosecuting told the court: "On Sunday February 5 at 12am, a worker at McDonalds on Blackburn Road, Bolton, alerted the manager Conor Aldred that a vehicle had a possible drink driver. She was observed to be almost falling asleep.
"The manager went to give her food and for a second time assess her for drinking. As he spoke with her, he could tell that her speech was slurred and she was swaying back and forth.
"He continued to observe her as he called the
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