A Moray woman, who caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to cars during a vandalism spree, has now been banned from the road for drink driving.
Hazel Innes carved deep scratches into three vehicles in Buckie earlier this year – and was ordered to pay her victims nearly £3,000 to cover the cost of repairs.
The 45-year-old returned to the dock at Elgin Sheriff Court yesterday after being caught drunk behind the wheel of her blue Audi A3 Sportback in a supermarket car park.
The court heard that the offence took place on Thursday, September 29, outside Buckie’s Lidl store.
Police arrived at the East Cathcart Street premises after being advised that Innes appeared to be in no fit state to drive.
But when she was apprehended and taken to Elgin Police Station, she refused to provide officers with a breath sample when asked to.
The accused, of 9 St Peters Road in Buckie, later admitted twice failing to provide specimens of breath when asked.
Sheriff Kevin Veal noted that the offence represented the second time the accused had been in trouble for driving while under the influence.
He fined Innes £1,000 and banned her from the road for four years.
Innes caused outrage in her hometown in January when she was caught on film scraping a key along the length of a £15,000 4×4 on Seaview Road.
The incident took place on Friday, January 22, while she was out walking her pet pug.
Footage of the incident has now been seen by almost 700,000 people since being uploaded to the internet by the car’s owner.
After causing £960 worth of damage to Shona Coull’s BMW X3, Innes turned the corner onto James Street and scratched another two vehicles.
Alan Strachan was left with an £861 repair bill after his black Honda CRV was marked, and Meg Munro had to pay £1,024 to have her Nissan Qashqai fixed.
Innes originally appeared at Elgin Sheriff Court in April, and admitted three separate counts of wilfully or recklessly destroying or damaging property belonging to another.
Her solicitor, David Adam, said the accused could offer “no rational explanation” for her actions.
Mr Adam added: “There were no grudges in relation to any of the owners of the vehicles.”
