Three-point turn disaster after relapse

AN ADMIN worker crashed her Volvo into another car while attempting a three-point turn in a car park, then refused a breath test. Amanda Lloyd later admitted she had been drinking and put her actions down to "complacency" having believed she had beaten her alcohol addiction.

- CONOR GOGARTY

The 47-year-old, from Brackla, Bridgend, had struggled with alcohol misuse after being made redundant from a job at Bridgend College.

She was admitted to hospital with cirrhosis - a condition linked to severe liver damage - and "was warned by doctors she would likely not leave the hospital", a probation officer told Cardiff Magistrates' Court.

The officer said Lloyd then "mostly recovered" and had years of abstinence until October 25 when she drove without due care at Coytrahen Close, Brackla Industrial Estate.