Crime & Safety
Oxford – Woman who crashed into roundabout sentenced for drink driving
Nicola Mansell, 45, of Benmead Road in Kidlington, pleaded guilty to drink-driving after crashing a Ford Focus on the A44 on the Bladon Roundabout approaching Woodstock from Oxford on February 21.
She recorded 70 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
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Mansell was not injured in the crash, though witnesses reported seeing paramedics and an ambulance at the scene as a precaution.
She was disqualified from driving for 17 months and ordered to pay a £300 fine, £85 in prosecution costs, and a £120 victim surcharge.
Mansell was given the option to complete a drink-drive rehabilitation course, which could reduce her ban by 17 weeks if completed by March 18, 2027.
A guilty plea was taken into account during sentencing.