20-year-old Cambridge woman took Mini without permission and crashed it while three times limit

A Cambridge woman who took a car without permission and then crashed it while more than three times the drink-drive limit has been sentenced.

Police were called just after 7.30am on 9 June to reports that a silver Mini Cooper had driven into the back of a blue Nissan, which then went into the back of a black Mercedes van parked along Eversden Road in Harlton.

Officers found the Mini on Fen Causeway in Cambridge just before 8am and arrested 20-year-old Alexa Adams, of Rowlinson Way, after she blew 112 microgrammes per 100 millilitres of breath at the roadside, more than three times the legal limit of 35.

It was discovered that she only held a provisional licence, had taken the vehicle without consent and had no insurance.

Adams went on to provide an evidential reading of 97 in custody.

At Cambridge Magistrates’ Court, Adams was given a 12-month community order and disqualified from driving for four years and two months after previously pleading guilty to drink driving, aggravated vehicle taking and vehicle damage, failing to stop after a road accident, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence and driving without insurance.

Sgt Lauren Hart said: “Adams was in no fit state to be behind the wheel of a car, she wasn’t even wearing any shoes! It is lucky she didn’t cause harm to another road user or herself.

“This sentence demonstrates how seriously the courts take drink-driving.”

Cambridgeshire Constabulary operate a confidential 24/7 hotline for drink and drug drivers on 0800 032 0845.