A drink-driver from Perthshire who was more than four-and-a-half times the limit pulled over and started singing and dancing in the middle of the A90.
Deborah Millar was seen driving her Fiat Punto in an “erratic” manner near Ellon, before pulling into a layby.
When the 55-year-old then got out of her car, it became “immediately obvious” to other motorists she was under the influence.
The stunned witnesses watched as Millar started to “shout and sing and dance in the road”, Aberdeen Sheriff Court was told.
The court heard she had been drinking with a person she met on the internet, then left when she “began to feel unsafe”.
‘It’s a bit of an alarming story’
Depute fiscal Sean Ambrose said the incident happened around 10pm on March 28 this year.
He said: “Witnesses travelling north on the A90 near Tipperty observed the accused’s vehicle being driven in an erratic manner.
“They noticed the accused pulled over in a layby and noted her getting out of the driver’s seat and it was immediately obvious to the witnesses she was under the influence.
“She started to shout and sing and dance in the road.”
The witnesses contacted the police, who swiftly traced and arrested Millar.
Millar, of Craigroyston Crescent, Scone, pled guilty to driving with excess alcohol (101mics / 22).
Sheriff Donald Ferguson said: “It’s a bit of an alarming story.”
‘This was very, very poor judgement by you’
Defence agent Michael Burnett said: “Shortly before Christmas, the property she was renting flooded, which left her homeless.
“She was already dealing with mental health issues.
“She then met an individual on the internet and travelled to the area here to meet that person.
“The intention had been to stay at that person’s property overnight and alcohol was being consumed.
“She began to feel unsafe and required to take herself out of the property. That’s how she comes to be driving.”
Sheriff Ferguson told Millar: “This was very, very poor judgement by you.
“The fact of the matter is you put yourself and other road users at risk of death or serious injury driving on the A90 for in excess of the drink-driving limit in this country.”
He ordered her to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work and disqualified her from driving for two years.
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