What a Bitch

[UpTheBeehole]

http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/man- ... -1-8514841

A biochemist caught almost four times the drink-drive limit just after his father died was allegedly shopped by his wife, who left him the same day, a court heard.

Robin John Scott (52) had been on his way to get more alcohol after finding out the sad news about his father. He later returned home to an empty house and found his wife had frozen bank accounts and all his money.

Scott, who has suffered from depression and anxiety for a number of years, claimed he had been a victim of mental "domestic violence," at the hands of his " controlling" wife, Burnley magistrates were told.

The bench heard how Scott, who is from Northern Ireland, had now gone to Inspire, the alcohol treatment service, for help and was in detox. Currently not working, he hoped to return to work when he was well enough. He blew 133 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, after he was stopped in his Alfa Romeo by police on Hibson Road, Nelson, on Wednesday, April 5th. The legal limit is 35.

The defendant, of Kelswick Drive, Nelson, admitted driving with excess alcohol. He was given eight weeks in jail, suspended for a year, and banned for 29 months. Scott was ordered to pay a £115 victim surcharge and £85 costs. He had no previous convictions.

Prosecutor Miss Parveen Akhtar told the hearing that at 2.43pm officers, who had been notified that Scott was on the road driving, stopped him. He provided a positive sample of breath and was taken to the police station.

Mr Terence Walsh, defending Scott, said: "He has been a victim of domestic violence for a number of years at the hands of his wife. "It's his firm belief that his wife contacted the police this day. When he returned he found she had emptied the contents of the house and frozen the bank accounts and all his money. It was the day his father had just died. His wife chose to leave him on that day."

Mr Walsh told the court the "domestic violence" had not been physical but mental and Scott's wife had been controlling. The solicitor added: "He knows that he has done wrong and he knows he is going to have to be punished. "Last week he sold his vehicle. He knows his traditional way of life is over. He knows he has a drink problem. He says the problem increases when he is under high levels of stress. His father was diagnosed with cancer, he was a victim of domestic violence and it all spiralled out of control."

Mr Walsh said Scott's mother was seriously ill and he wanted to go to Ireland to be with her. He continued: "He was unable to attend his father's funeral because the bank accounts had all been frozen by his wife. "He's very sorry for what happened."

[Sidney1st]

Drink driving, she did the right thing in that respect.

The rest of it is all a bit odd.

[dsr]

Drink driving, she did the right thing in that respect.

The rest of it is all a bit odd.

Agreed - if someone's four times over the limit and is driving home from the off licence with more booze, then he needs reporting right now. Whatever the motive.

[BennyD]

The fact he is detoxing with Inspire may indicate a long standing alcohol problem. It may well not be the first time he's done it and, we don't know, it may be one of the reasons she left him.

[Bertiebeehead]

We should definitely start speculating wildly about his life on this forum.

[bedfords]

Sounds like some extreme lengths to go to to get a lesser ban.

[No Ney Never]

Detox alone will not be enough for someone who has suffered anxiety and depression for years, he needs to see a shrink and do some CBT. Alcoholism is merely a symptom, he needs to address the cause. Good luck to the bloke.

[minnieclaret]

she needs outing to save the next poor fecker from her.

[Zugunruhe]

What a Bitch

Would you still be saying this if he'd killed a bunch of pedestrians walking home or wiped out a family in a head-on collision?

[atlantalad]

I hope my wife would've drove me to the offy if I had news like that.

[tim_noone]

Name and shame her...... to be fair though he was old enough to know the rules,4 times over is a lot of drink irrespective of his situation.which is now much worse,the the bonus is hes well shot of her.......

[john'sroseyspecs]

Walk to the off licence. Less chance of killing someone. The man's obviously troubled but the wife's actions are not wrong whatever the motive.

[Chobulous]

OK so living with someone for years who had a mental illness, what must that be like? I have no idea. Maybe she found it intolerable, maybe she didn't. Maybe she was the cause, or contributed. Maybe she didn't. The truth is, I don't know and nor do any of you.

[Jakubclaret]

Nobody knows the full story. The report is mostly defence mitigation a sob story for a reduced leaner outcome. With the drink driving he could (probably) have been a selfish arsehole with a long suffering wife & finally she'd had enough to do what she did or what had been alledged.

[thelaughingclaret]

Shes a bitch because she left him the same day his dad died, empty the house and froze his bank accounts. She did the right thing in contacting the police about him driving drunk but the rest is very odd. The thing is if a man left a woman in such a state that she was an alcoholic and froze her bank accounts they'd be uproar

[KateR]

when in drink we do some very stupid things, driving is one of them, and it goes beyond being stupid, its extremely dangerous, not to mention the lasting affect consequences can have on yourself your family and other people.

Yet I have to agree his wife was a bitch in the truest sense of the word for the other things if she did them which you have to believe as credible or she would have disputed it and it should have been easy at court to produce evidence of the bank account closure at least.

If women are bitches for these kind of things what is the equivalent for a man, without swearing mind?

[TonbridgeClaret]

A Cad, a Rogue or a Bounder.

[Corky]

"Who is this bitch thinks she can be queen for a day"