An application from a drink-driver for a discharge without conviction - on the grounds it would delay her entry to the Air Force - was rejected in the Masterton District Court this week.
Sarah Larah Anne Robinson, 27, applied for the discharge on the grounds a conviction would delay her entry to the RNZAF, which requires a six-month stand down before accepting an applicant after a criminal conviction.
She had pleaded guilty after being stopped for a random breath test earlier this year.
Judge Chris Tuohy said Robinson's alcohol level of 577mg, was "not just a little bit over the level - it's well over". The judge said a suggestion Robinson's rum and coke may have been spiked was "not a lot more than a suggestion".
In any case, he said, a person with the amount of alcohol in Robinson's system "would feel intoxicated to the level that they shouldn't be driving".
