一名Flintshire女性因饮酒后拒绝呼吸测试而遭罚款430英镑, A Flintshire woman was fined £430 for refusing a breath test after drinking wine, citing uncommunicated Bell’s palsy.

一名38岁的Flintshire妇女Chelsey Walsh被罚款430英镑,并被命令支付572英镑的附加费和费用,原因是她拒绝在2025年3月警察在霍利韦尔停留时提供呼吸样本,警察在那里发现了酒精。 A 38-year-old Flintshire woman, Chelsey Walsh, was fined £430 and ordered to pay £572 in surcharges and costs after refusing to provide a breath sample during a March 2025 police stop in Holywell, where officers detected alcohol. 她承认在开车前与父亲的伴侣喝酒,承认尽管感觉没有醉酒,但酒饮不妥,后来又说Bell的麻痹是她无法吹入装置的一个原因,尽管她承认没有清楚地传达。 She admitted to drinking wine with her father’s partner before driving, acknowledged it was inappropriate despite feeling no intoxication, and later cited Bell’s palsy as a reason for her inability to blow into the device, though she admitted failing to communicate it clearly. 法院认为她的拒绝“含糊而明确”, 批评她的判决, 并指出她的护理研究因定罪而被搁置。 The court found her refusal "blatant and clear," criticized her judgment, and noted her nursing studies have been put on hold due to the conviction.