A woman who drove from Dunedin to Gore while almost six times the legal alcohol limit has been sentenced to prison.
Angela Rosalie Jean Carey, 42, was sentenced in the Invercargill District Court this morning on charges of drink-driving, aggravated disqualified driving and breaching court release conditions, all in Gore on December 16.
It is her ninth conviction for drink-driving.
Judge Russell Walker sentenced her to 14 months' prison, with leave to apply for home detention if a place in a residential rehabilitation facility becomes available.