A chocolatier has escaped jail for drink driving after telling a court how being deprived of alcohol and driving while living in Saudi Arabia left her struggling upon her return to Britain.
Former British ex-Pat Kathy Bacchus, 50, who also worked as a cookery teacher abroad, got so drunk on white wine at 3pm she drove home from an off licence with a punctured tyre.
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