Woman caught over drink-drive limit in BMW after 'two-and-a-half' glasses of prosecco claimed she was spiked by mystery men

A woman over the drink-drive limit behind the wheel of her BMW at 4.30am claimed she'd only had two-and-a-half glasses of prosecco - and that her drinks had been spiked by mystery men. Xenna Valentina, 27, told cops drugs must have been slipped into her drinks when they were bought for her at a bar.

The recruitment consultant was stopped last month in her 116I M Sport A after she got lost while driving through Prestwich. Around 30 miles from her home, she tested one-and-a-half times the limit after failing a breathalyser test.

Officers witnessed Valentina making herself vomit while being held in custody.

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At Bolton Magistrates’ Court, mum-of-one Valentina, who is planning to set up an aesthetics business, said she was initially going to deny drink driving on legal advice, but later plead guilty to the charge.

She was fined £253 and banned from driving for a year. Valentina was offered a place on the drink-driving awareness course which, if completed, will see her return to the road by January 2024.

Gurdit Singh, prosecuting, said: "In the early hours of the morning on March 6, 2023, police officers in the Moore Lane area of Prestwich noticed a grey sports BMW driving on the Bury New Road towards Cheetham Hill.

"The vehicle indicated to turn left on a number of occasions but did not make a turn. The defendant, who was on her own in the car, eventually turned left. The officers assumed that she was lost and so pulled her over.

"When she was questioned by the attending officers she confirmed that she was lost.

''The officers asked if she had been drinking and she admitted that she had a couple of drinks. She was given a road side test which showed