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An Emmy-award winning filmmaker who worked on James Bond and Harry Potter movies has been banned from driving after crashing her car while nearly three times over the drink drive limit.
Courtney Vanderslice-Law, 61, crashed her black BMW 1 series in Rowstock, Oxfordshire, on the morning of July 25 last year.
She appeared at Oxford Magistrates' Court yesterday using crutches following a serious fracture that nearly caused her foot to be amputated.
Vanderslice-Law, of Hounslow, west London, was fined £900 and banned from driving for two years, having earlier admitted driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
The court heard that the visual effects producer, who has credits on some of Hollywood’s biggest films of the past three decades, smelled of alcohol and had suffered injuries when police officers were called to the scene of the crash.
Courtney Vanderslice-Law, 61, crashed her black BMW 1 series in Rowstock, Oxfordshire, on the morning of July 25 last year
Vanderslice-Law's credits include Spectre (pictured) and other blockbusters such as X-Men and Captain America
Breathalyser tests later showed that she had 98 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath, almost three times the legal limit of 35mcgs.
Vanderslice-Law admitted having consumed alcohol the previous night, but said she felt fit to drive that morning.
She told the court she had been taking a number of different medications, which may have affected her body’s ability to process alcohol.
The hearing had been set down for a 'special reasons' argument to allow lawyers
