A Bucks drink driver who was caught five times over the legal limit has been slapped with a prison sentence.
Viktoria Berzanskyte, 38, of Dane Close in Amersham, has been issued with a 12-week prison sentence suspended for one year after she was found drunk at the wheel.
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Appearing at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on June 29, Berzanskyte admitted to drink driving while behind the wheel of a Honda CRV in Chalfont Park, Chalfont St Peter, on June 9.
When conducting a breath test, Berzanskyte gave a reading of 173 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 millilitres, making her just short of five times over the threshold.
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As well as a suspended sentence, Berzanskyte was ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work in the next year.
She was also banned from driving for three years and told to pay £213 costs.
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