Drink driver found to be over legal limit from night before

A drink driver who was still over the legal limit the morning after a party has been banned from driving.

Nur-Al Jenna Gramy-Mason, 22, was driving a Seat Ibiza which was involved in a three-vehicle collision on the southbound M11, at Madingley, near Cambridge, at about 12.30pm on Sunday, 29 December.

Officers breathalysed her and she blew 62 at the roadside before providing another sample of breath at the police station of 47, the legal limit being 35.

In court, it was said Gramy-Mason had been drinking at a party the night before and didn’t anticipate she would still be over the legal limit the following day.

On Thursday (2 January), at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court, Gramy-Mason, of Merton Road, Histon, was banned from driving for 12 months, having pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle above the legal limit.

She was also fined £480, ordered to pay costs of £85 and a £192 surcharge.

The ban will be reduced if a drink drive awareness course is successfully completed.

Detective Sergeant Luke Whatford said: “This case is a good example of how you can still be over the legal drink drive limit the morning after going out and drinking.”

The force’s December drink drive campaign has just finished and you can read more on the force website.