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A woman from Melrose has been banned from driving for a year after pleading guilty to crashing her husband’s \u00a3160,000 Ferrari while over the drink drive limit. <\/p>\n
Claire Taddei, 47, admitted to being more than twice the legal limit when she crashed into a parked car in Market Square, Melrose, just after midnight on 23 February. <\/p>\n
Selkirk Sheriff Court heard that Taddei, a chief financial officer, took the “silly” decision to drive her husband’s car in a bid to help a friend who was so intoxicated she could not walk home. <\/p>\n
Not guilty pleas to charges of failing to stop and give her details, and a failure to report the incident to police were accepted by the Crown. Taddei was also fined \u00a3900.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The court was told Taddei was found to have 138mg of alcohol in 100ml of urine. The legal limit it 67mg\/100ml. <\/p>\n
She had been out celebrating a work promotion with a friend on the night the incident happened, the court heard. <\/p>\n
After failing to secure help despite calls to family and friends, Taddei decided to leave her friend in the recovery position and took what she said was a “silly” decision to return to her house and get her husband’s car. <\/p>\n
She said that she was not used to driving the Ferrari 458, lost control of it as she drove into the town square, and crashed into parked vehicles.<\/p>\n
The Sheriff noted her unblemished record and early guilty plea and imposed a 12 month disqualification to be reduced on completion of a drink driver rehabilitation course. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n