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25
August 2006
Drink
Drive Model Caprice Gets
Ban
Model
Caprice
has been banned from
driving for 12 months
after she admitted being
drunk behind the
wheel.
A
district judge ruled
that she failed to prove
that she should be
excused from a ban
because of special
medical
circumstances.
The
California-born model,
whose full name is
Caprice Bourret, had
blamed her mistake on a
prescription drug she
was taking for a urinary
condition.
District
judge Emma Arbuthnot
told Highbury Corner
Magistrates' Court that
the model had tried to
hide the fact that she
had been drinking from
police.
Sentencing
Bourret to a 12-month
ban and £1,000
fine, she said: "She was
a drunk driver who must
have known that she was
at risk of being over
the limit. That must
have been very obvious
to her from the large
amounts of alcohol she
drank that day. She
drank, took the risk and
got caught."
Caprice
was also ordered to pay
£2,500 costs and
told that if she
undertook a drink-drive
rehabilitation course
her ban would be
shortened to nine
months.
Speaking
outside court, the model
said: "I had to disclose
a lot of personal
information and for me
it was a really painful
experience. But at the
end of the day I really
believe in the justice
system of this country
and I think it's the
best in the world so I
respect the decision of
the judge. Hopefully
people will learn from
my regretful experience.
Do not drink and
drive."
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