Less than three hours after she was disqualified for drink driving, Caroline Ashthore Throwden was behind the wheel with her two-year-old son and on her way to pick up her six-year-old daughter from school.
This time she was driving with a blood alcohol reading of 0.252 – more than five times over the legal limit – and was so intoxicated that concerned teachers at the school called police.
But it was a discussion in court about whether or not the March 11 high-range offence constituted a second drink driving offence that revealed Throwden had been sentenced for low-range drink driving in Raymond Terrace Local Court only hours before she was caught outside Tomaree Public School.According to court documents, Throwden appeared in court at 1.35pm on March 11 and was disqualified from driving for three months and placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond.
But that additional charge, and the fact Throwden almost immediately breached a good behaviour bond, leaves her in an even more precarious position.
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