A 27-year-old Cowra woman has been fined $300, disqualified from driving for six months followed by a 24 month interlock period and given a nine month supervised community corrections order at Cowra Local Court.
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Scout Katharine Williams of Kibbler Street was before the court charged with a middle range PCA.
According to police facts, around 8.30 pm on May 15, police were patrolling Brisbane Street when they stopped a Kia Rio for random testing.
Williams was subjected to a roadside breath test which returned a positive reading.
She was then arrested and taken to Cowra Police station for a breath analysis which returned a reading of 0.090 grams of alcohol in 210 litres of breath.
In relation to her drinking, she told police she had consumed three glasses of rosé at her house between 1pm and 4.30pm.
She told police she had only driven as she calculated she would be below the legal limit.
At the time Williams was unable to produce her licence and was directed to hand it in to police by May 18, to which she complied.
Williams' solicitor told the court his client was ashamed and embarrassed to find herself back before the court for similar offending.
"She accepts the seriousness of her actions and the situation she put herself in," her solicitor said.
"Since this offence she has realised she's been using alcohol as a coping mechanism.
"Since engaging in counselling with her doctor, she's been able to find other avenues to deal with her mental illness and is no longer reliant on alcohol."
In sentencing Magistrate Michael O'Brien said he hoped Williams would learn from her mistake and not return before the court.
He also noted that Williams' traffic offenders program report stated she had resolved to keep the empty alcohol bottle as a reminder of her actions.
"I'm disappointed to see you back here but I'm pleased to see you have appreciated the gravity of the situation that has brought you before the court," he said.
"You've had the benefit of attending the traffic offenders program and you can understand and appreciate why the penalties are so severe, lives are lost and others who are affected by these offences live with the trauma for the rest of their lives.
"It is never to late to use a point of failure to learn from and resolve to do better and I'm pleased to see you have taken steps to address it, you can't afford not to.
"Learn from this and hopefully we won't see you back here."
As a condition of Williams' sentence Mr O'Brien made it a condition that she actively engage with all alcohol and drug counselling she was directed to by her supervisor until such time as her attendance was no longer required.
