A mum-of-two who drank two bottles of wine at the side of the road after her car broke down then refused to take a breath test has walked free from court.
Elizabeth McKnight was ordered to take a breathalyser after police found her 'unsteady on her feet and slurring her words' on a grass verge next to her stationary Nissan Qashqai.
But the 26-year-old twice refused to give a sample, claiming she had only been drinking at the side of the road whilst waiting for her father to collect her.
She said she had thrown away two empty bottles of wine further up the embankment but officers found no bottles on the verge - instead discovering a near-empty bottle of wine in the footwell of the vehicle.
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