A firefighter who was caught behind the wheel over the drink drive limit claimed she was haunted by a series of 999 tragedies she had to deal with during her shifts.
Janine Culley escaped with a £338 fine after arguing that she had been seeking 'me time' following a series of harrowing call outs.
The 46-year-old, a Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service firefighter based at Altrincham fire station, tested almost three times the legal drink drive limit after police stopped her Dacia Sander when she suddenly reversed out of a parking bay in a National Trust car park as they pulled up next to her. READ MORE: Inquest hears more details about tragedy that saw man, 29, die in Dovestone Reservoir Culley claimed she had been drinking cider to cope after responding to a series of harrowing incidents over a four-day period.
They included a woman killed after throwing herself under a train and a man believed to have died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
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