Drink-driving nursing student caught travelling at speed.

Jill Marie Robinson (43) was caught at 3am, when she was seen "travelling at speed" towards Todmorden on Burnley Road in Cliviger.

Police followed her, she slowed right down, and was stopped when she accelerated away again.

Burnley magistrates were told how Robinson's care home worker friend had taken her out to the pub to cheer her up as bailiffs had been sent round to her home. She blew 51 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.

The defendant, of Stubley Holme in Todmorden, admitted driving with excess alcohol at Holme Chapel in Cliviger on January 24th. She was fined £154 and told to pay £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge. Robinson was banned for 12 months.

Mr Stuart Kaufman, defending, said Robinson had got behind with her council tax. He told the court: "As a result, they sent bailiffs round."

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