A mum drunk on vodka who lost control of her car in a high-speed crash as her toddler son sat in the back seat has been jailed for 26 weeks.
Tania Chikwature, 32, from Coventry, was three times over the limit when she crashed her Nissan Qashqai on the morning of 12 December.
A lorry driver who witnessed the crash, near Peterborough, claimed the car catapulted 14ft (4m) into the air.
Magistrates heard Chikwature had been up drinking the night before the crash.
Her 20-month-old son was unhurt although she sustained minor injuries.
Vodka gives you wings
Vodka gives you wings
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Only 26 weeks?! That's a slap on the wrist for what is criminal endangerment of a child. In my old jurisdiction, that held a 10-15 year potential sentence.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
Vodka gives you wings
She produced an blood alcohol level of 1.56... the legal limit is .08.
Obviously she was in a hurry. She had just found out that Miss Millie's Fried Chicken was having a lunchtime BOGO sale.
Obviously she was in a hurry. She had just found out that Miss Millie's Fried Chicken was having a lunchtime BOGO sale.
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
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She's lucky she has air bags.