School teacher found drunk with kids in car keeps licence

A HIGH school chemistry teacher found drunk with two children in the back of her car has been allowed to keep her licence after magistrates ruled a driving ban would see her lose her job.

- BY ALEX SCAPENS

Katherine Campbell, 38, from Macclesfield, who had been drinking gin, was seen to stumble as she put the youngsters inside her BMW and reported to police.

A roadside breath test showed Campbell, who teaches at Alsager School, was more than three times the drink drive limit.

However, she denied ever intending to drive the car.

At South Cheshire Magistrates Court, Campbell, who already had six points on her licence, admitted being drunk in charge of a motor vehicle and two charges of being drunk in charge of a child.

But she was allowed to carry on driving under 'exceptional hardship' rules despite her licence being endorsed with a further ten penalty points.

She was also ordered to wear a so-called 'sobriety tag' under the terms of a 90-day alcohol abstinence order.