SNS GroupA drunk woman crashed into a car while two children were sat in her back seat.
Lynsay Houston was found to be almost five times over the limit after the collision in Glasgow’s Partick on June 7, 2025.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that the 41-year-old had earlier attended a party and decided to drive home at 5pm.
Houston had been driving behind an Audi Q3 vehicle, which had a child sitting in its back seat.
Prosecutor Anthony Kelly said: “The driver of the Audi went to move off at a junction before noticing his car jerk forward.
“He realised his vehicle had been hit by Houston.
“Details were exchanged and the driver noticed that there were two young children in the rear seats of Houston’s vehicle.”
The driver also noticed that Houston was slow in taking details down and her eyes were drooping.
She apologised and claimed she was “stressed” because the four and two-year-old children in her care were crying in the back seat.
Due to concerns, the police were contacted and officers later traced Houston to her home in the city’s Finnieston.
Her damaged Kia Seed vehicle was noted outside of the property.
Houston was arrested and took a test, which found that she had 109 microgrammes of alcohol in her breath when the legal limit is 22 microgrammes.
Houston pleaded guilty to charges of drink driving and exposing the children to unnecessary suffering or injury to health.
Solicitor advocate Darren Fleming, defending, told the court: “She has displayed signs of remorse and insight into the potential risks.
“She has had difficulties with alcohol for various reasons.
“She was at a party and chose to go home rather than leave the car which she regrets.
“My client is lucky the collision with the other vehicle was at a low speed.”
Sheriff David Taylor fined Houston £580 and disqualified her from driving for 20 months.
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