Sky Sports presenter Kirsty Gallacher has been disqualified from driving for two years after admitting to drink-driving while three times the legal limit. The 41-year-old was stopped by police in Eton, Berkshire, after driving erratically in her red BMW X4.
Gallacher, who pleaded guilty at East Berkshire Magistrates' Court, was found to have 106 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35 micrograms. The court heard she had been drinking at a pub the previous evening until the early hours and took a taxi home, but drove the next morning unaware she was still over the limit.
Defending, Jennifer Dempster said Gallacher had taken an Uber to collect her car and would not have driven if she had known she was over the limit. The court was told Gallacher was under stress due to an ongoing legal battle with her ex-husband, rugby star Paul Sampson.
District Judge Davinder Lacchar imposed a two-year driving ban, 100 hours of community service, and ordered Gallacher to pay £170 in costs and surcharges. Gallacher, who has two children, was not driving them at the time of the offence.
