Woman tried to bite police officer after being caught drink-driving, King's Lynn court told

A driver who ran off the road while more than three times the alcohol limit tried to bite an arresting police officer, a court has heard.

Lynn magistrates were yesterday told that Amy Hill, 31, had also assaulted another officer during the fracas.

Lynn Magistrates’ Court was told on Thursday that her Mini ditched in Birckbeck Cottages, Little Massingham, just after 5pm on May 29 this year.

A female officer spoke to Hill while she was trying to get out.

“Unfortunately, it seems she was not compliant from the outset,” said prosecutor Denise Holland, who described Hill swearing as she told the officer to go away and saying “it’s not what you think”.

After failing a roadside breath test, Hill was arrested but continued to be abusive towards officers.

Mrs Holland said the defendant first became a dead weight and was then “thrashing around”. She kicked one officer and tried to bite another.

“Eventually they had to get a police van because they couldn’t manage her in the car,” added Mrs Holland.

In custody, Hill, of Station Road, Great Massingham, gave a reading of 129 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.

She pleaded guilty to drink-driving, assaulting a police officer and attempting to assault another.

The court was told Hill had received a one-year ban for driving with excess alcohol in March 2020 so the latest offence triggered a mandatory minimum three-year disqualification.

Ruth Johnson, mitigating, said a combination of factors had led to the mother-of-three’s latest conviction.

“She had been feeling low for a couple of weeks. She wanted to go for a walk but got into the car and drove three miles out of the village to go for the walk.”

Miss Johnson said physical incidents in Hill’s past had led to her reaction towards police taking hold of her.

The case was adjourned to July 30 for preparation of a pre-sentence report.

Hill was given an interim driving ban and granted unconditional bail until the next hearing.