Overview
- Katie Bradsell pleaded guilty at Chester Magistrates Court to failing to provide a breath sample and to two counts of assault on an emergency worker.
- She received a 12-month community order with 20 rehabilitation activity days and a three-month alcohol treatment programme, plus a 20-month driving ban.
- The court ordered her to pay £75 in compensation to each officer and £199 in costs and a surcharge.
- The incident followed a January pub session from about 3pm to 10pm during which she drank roughly eight pints and a shot, refused offers of lifts, drove the 1.1 miles home, and was reported by the landlady.
- Police found her at home, where she refused a breath test and kicked an officer and a car door into another, with no significant injuries; the judge noted prior 2020 and 2023 convictions and warned that alcohol worsens anxiety and depression.