The Tesco superstore in Pontypool. Picture: Google
A DRINK driver was more than three times the limit after being caught at a Gwent supermarket.
Wendy Thomas, 53, was arrested at the Tesco superstore on Pontypool’s Lower Bridge Street on October 11.
Newport Magistrates’ Court heard how she gave a reading of 117 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.
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The legal limit is 35 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.
Thomas, of High Street, Pontypool, pleaded guilty to drink driving.
She was banned from driving for 26 months and made the subject of an alcohol treatment requirement for six months.
Thomas was also fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £95 surcharge.
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