£48k-a-year beauty boss caught drink-driving after work leaving do moans she’ll have to get the bus amid road ban
A BEAUTY boss on £48k-a-year who was banned from the road after being caught drink-driving has moaned about having to take the bus.
Robynne Adair, 32, tested more than twice the alcohol limit after police spotted her VW Tiguan being driven slowly and erratically along a country lane in Cheshire.
The brand merchandiser - who was on £48,000 a year - whinged that her driving disqualification means she has to spend five hours on the bus and train to make her 16-mile commute.
Adair - who got a first class honours degree in design and technology - admitted driving with excess alcohol and was fined £576 with £143 costs, at Stockport Magistrates' Court.
She was pulled over by cops after they saw her driving slowly through the village of Mobberley on December 23.
Adair had attended a work colleague's leaving party earlier that night.
Inquiries revealed she had previously been banned for 20 months for drink-driving in 2012 when she was studying at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Prosecutor Gareth Hughes said: "Officers described the state of her driving as 'extremely poor'. She was arrested and taken to a police station."
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Tests showed that Adair, of Greater Manchester, had 80 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35mg.
Mitigating, defence lawyer Lisa Morton, said: "It was the last working day before Christmas and one of her colleagues was finishing on that day.
"There was no planned event after work that day but during the course of the afternoon, it was suggested that they would go out after work.
"She felt she was put under pressure to attend this event for the person leaving but she did go on with it and she has made a wrong decision which she now regrets."
Ms Morton added: "Her house is in Fallowfield and she works in the Cheshire countryside and is now going to have to travel two and a half hours via bus, train and with a 45-minute walk in Knutsford to get to work.
"Her work premises is sometime split between there and Stoke as she has recently had a promotion.
"She will be under some pressure at work now and will have to let her employer know about this situation.
"Her working hours are from 08.30am to 17pm, but she often works late until 19:00.
"Having to do that journey in reverse is not ideal having to do a 45-minute walk in the dark.
"She helps out her Mum with shopping and takes her to church which is now not going to be easy."
Adair herself told the hearing: "I do feel really bad about this whole situation.
"It was the opposite to how I try to live my life every day.
"I got swept up in the moment and did something I should not have done."
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Sentencing, JP Margaret Elvidge told Adair: "We have listened to you about this being out of character and how you feel upset yourself. You must not drive from now.
"You are disqualified straight away. If you do drive, it is an extremely serious offence."
