Drink-driver is caught on her own dashcam clambering out of the driving seat

Drink-driver is caught on her own dashcam clambering out of the driving seat after ploughing into traffic lights and claiming a man she met in the pub was behind the wheel Caroline Jeffery, 45, destroyed a set of traffic lights during drink-drinking crash She told Sussex Police a man she met in Wetherspoons was driving her car Her Volkswagen Golf's dash cam recorded her getting out the driver's side Worthing magistrates banned her from driving for 18 months 

By Emer Scully For Mailonline

Published: 16:03 GMT, 19 March 2019 | Updated: 16:07 GMT, 19 March 2019

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When this drink-driver smashed into a set of traffic lights she told police a stranger she met in Wetherspoons had been driving. 

But the lie was foiled when dash cam footage showed her in the driver's seat.

Caroline Jeffery, 45, was caught driving while almost twice the legal limit after she smashed her Volkswagen Golf into a set of traffic lights in Crowborough, East Sussex.

The warehouse worker originally denied drink-driving and claimed a man she met that night in Wetherspoons had offered to drive her home.

She told police who were called to the incident at 10.48pm on Tuesday, January 15 that he ran away after the car slewed off the road and into the lights.

But Jeffery's own dash cam footage showed her getting out of the driver's door after the crash. 

Caroline Jeffery, 45, was caught drink-driving when she smashed her Volkswagen Golf into a set of traffic lights in Crowborough, East Sussex, and her dash cam recorded her getting out the driver's door

Caroline Jeffery, 45, was caught drink-driving when she smashed her

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