Katie Bradsell turned multiple offers for a lift home
A hairdresser has been banned from getting behind the wheel after she drove herself home following a seven hour binge.
Katie Bradsell, 35, had been drinking at her local pub and had refused multiple lift homes from regulars as well as bar staff. She instead decided to make the 1.1 mile trip home in her Audi, telling the landlady: “It’s only down the road.”
The landlady called police, who went to Bradsell’s home where they found her car parked in her driveway.
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Bradsell answered the door but refused to take a breathalyser test and instead kicked out at a PC as she was escorted to a patrol car, where she also kicked the vehicles door into another officer multiple times. Neither officer was injured during the assaults.
Inquiries revealed Bradsell was notorious amongst neighbours for bouts of drunkenness and anti social behaviour on their cul-de-sac.
In 2023, she was convicted of racially aggravated harassment after she branded a mixed race neighbour as a “fat smelly sweaty p***” and an ”ugly c..nt’ during an argument outside their respective houses in a row of terraces. She also had a conviction for assault on an emergency worker in 2020.
At Chester magistrates court, Bradsell pleaded guilty to failing to provide a sample of breath for analysis and to two charges of assault on an emergency worker.
She was ordered to complete 20 rehabilitation activity days and a three month alcohol treatment programme as part of a 12 month community order. She was also ordered to pay each of the officers £75 in compensation was banned from driving for 20 months and ordered to pay £199 in costs and a surcharge.
Bradsell refused a lift
The incident occurred on January 7 this year after Bradsell, of Willow Hey, Saughall, Chester, had attended the Saughall Arms pub during the mid afternoon and then stayed into the evening, where staff were hosting their regular Wednesday quiz night for the regulars.
Miss Lisa McGuire, prosecuting, said: “Miss Bradsell was there from about 3pm drinking alcohol and by 10.10pm, Ms Summers the publican believed the defendant had consumed about eight pints of lager and a shot of alcohol.
”Miss Bradsell then indicated her intention to leave in her car – even though she is intoxicated. A few people around her say ‘We will give you a lift home.”
”There was then a conversation between [the landlady] and Miss Bradsell about driving but Miss Bradsell was determined to drive home, stating ‘it’s only down the road’. She then jumped into her vehicle which caused concern and due to the level of intoxication the landlady made a report to police.
“Police attended at the defendant’s address where she was requested to provide a sample. She refused to provide a sample and became confrontational with the attending officers. That culminated in kicking out at the officers and making contact with their legs. No significant injuries were sustained by the officers. ”
In mitigation for Bradsell, defence solicitor Catherine Higham said: ”She has had significant issues with mental health and has been using alcohol to cope with issues that she has encountered. She is medicated to some extent but was still struggling to obtain the assistance from her GP. ”
In sentencing District Judge Jack McGarva told Bradsell: ”It is clear that there are issues that have gone on in your life making it very difficult for you to cope – though having a massive amount of alcohol does not help that at all.
“For people with anxiety and depression alcohol is probably the worst thing you can use. It is a depressant and after a high there is a massive low. It is not a great thing. ”
