Nottingham Post published Magistrates sympathise with drink-driving mum whose father was...

A worried mum downed "three double vodkas" before crashing on a shopping trip with children in her car.Nottingham magistrates heard today that Julie Wilson drank after being told her father had been taken seriously ill.The 31-year-old told police the steering locked and that sent her Citroen into a parked vehicle on Worth Street, Carlton on May 9.Sanjay Jerath, prosecuting, told the court: "She said she was sorry and had put children's lives at risk. There were passengers in the...