Caught on CCTV: Drunken nurse avoids jail despite driving the wrong way on motorway for SEVEN MILES after downing two large glasses of wine
- Emma Marshall-Davies, 43, was filmed in fast lane of M4 in Newport on April 6
- Court heard she drove past three junctions before doing U-turn on carriageway
- Mental health nurse Marshall-Davies, of Ebbw Vale, South Wales, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and drink-driving
- She was given 12-month community order and is banned from driving for a year
Shocking video has emerged of a drunken nurse who drove the wrong way for seven miles down a motorway as she dodged past horrified motorists – and she has avoided a jail sentence.
Emma Marshall-Davies, 43, of Ebbw Vale, South Wales, downed two large glasses of wine after work before getting behind the wheel of her red VW Polo.
Motorway cameras filmed Marshall-Davies as she zoomed down the fast lane of the M4 motorway in Newport on Monday, April 6.
She has now been handed a 12-month community order and is banned from driving for a year.
Mental health nurse Emma Marshall-Davies (above), 43, of Ebbw Vale, South Wales, has avoided jail after downing two large glasses of wine after work before getting behind the wheel of her VW Polo
Shocking video has emerged of Marshall-Davies as she drove the wrong way for seven miles down the M4 at Newport in her red car (pictured) while dodging horrified motorists
A court heard she drove past three junctions before pulling a U-turn on the carriageway on April 6.
Prosecutor Rob Simpkins said: ‘This was a prolonged piece of bad driving with deliberate disregard for the safety of others.
‘It was aggravated by the fact that she was drunk at the wheel. She was spotted at 7.55pm on Monday, April 6, travelling eastbound on the M4 between junction 29 and 30.
‘The defendant had driven on the slip road the wrong way and other drivers flashed their headlights are her. She drove past three junctions before she performed a U-turn.’
Marshall-Davies was arrested by police on the A467 in Newport, South Wales.
Mr Simpkins added: ‘She was the only person inside the car and she was smelling of drink and her words were slurred.
A court heard that Marshall-Davies drove past three junctions before pulling a U-turn on the carriageway on April 6
Marshall-Davies was breathalysed and had 53 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35. She was handed a 12-month community order, must carry out a 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement and was banned from driving for one year
‘When she was interviewed, she told police she was a nurse who helped adults with mental health problems.
‘She said she was separated from her husband and cares for her mother. She told them she had drunk two glasses of wine and decided to drive because she wanted to leave her house.’
Mental health nurse Marshall-Davies pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and drink-driving.
Darren Bishop, defending, said: ‘This wasn’t a case where she was suicidal or wanted to harm herself. She drank through stress and on an empty stomach. This is a lady of previous clean character.’
Marshall-Davies was breathalysed and had 53 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.
She was handed a 12-month community order, must carry out a 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement and was banned from driving for one year.
She must also sit an extended re-test, was fined £500 and ordered to pay £420 costs and a victim surcharge.