Drink-drive firefighter 'haunted by tragedies

Single mum who was almost three times limit is handed fine

- KENNY PARKER, THOMAS GEORGE

A FIREFIGHTER caught behind the wheel over the drink-drive limit claimed she was haunted by a series of 999 tragedies she had to deal with during her shifts.

Janine Culley, 46, escaped with a £338 fine after arguing she had been seeking 'me time' following a series of harrowing call-outs.

The Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) firefighter, based at Altrincham fire station, tested almost three times the legal drink-drive limit after police stopped her Dacia Sandero when she suddenly reversed out of a parking bay in a National Trust car park as they pulled up next to her.

Culley claimed she had been drinking cider to cope after responding to a series of harrowing incidents over a four-day period.

They included a woman killed after throwing herself under a train and a man believed to have died from carbon monoxide poisoning.