Woman crashes husband's Ferrari while double drink-drive limit
Not guilty pleas to charges of failing to stop and give her details and a failure to report the accident to the police were accepted by the Crown.
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The 47-year-old was also fined £900 with a £40 victim surcharge.
The court heard Taddei was found to have 138 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of urine. The legal limit is 67mg.
She had been out celebrating a work promotion with a friend when the incident happened.
After failing to secure help despite calls to family and friends, Taddei decided to leave her friend in the recovery position and took what she said was a 'silly' decision to return to her house and get her husband's car.
She said that she was not used to driving the Ferrari 458, lost control of it as she drove into the town's square and crashed into a parked vehicle which shunted into another car.
Taddei was also given the opportunity to take part in the drink-drive rehabilitation scheme which, if completed successfully, would reduce the length of the ban by 25 per cent.
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