Charly Wood convicted over second low range drink-driving offence in Dubbo Local Court

Charly Wood, of Buckaroo Lane in Buckaroo, was driving a Holden Colorado along Bligh Street in Dubbo when she was stopped for an RBT about 1.18am on December 22 last year.

The 23-year-old came to the attention of police as she was spotted driving without her headlights on.

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Police approached the vehicle and saw Wood along with another two passengers.

Police said the 23-year-old "smelt slightly of intoxicating liquor", but Wood denied consuming any alcohol within the 15 minutes prior.

After a positive roadside test, Wood was taken to Dubbo Police Station where she returned a reading of 0.076.

Wood told police she had started drinking about 10pm the night before and had consumed four Canadian Clubs in a tall glass mixed with coke, and hadn't had anything to eat.

In Dubbo Local Court on Wednesday Wood pleaded guilty to low range drink-driving.

The court heard Wood works as a bartender and lived on a property 30 kilometres from Mudgee.

Defence lawyer D'arcy Pierce argued for an interlock exemption order as she didn't have a vehicle.

The court heard Wood had previously been convicted of low-range drink driving in March 2019.

"Two drink-driving offences within a relatively short period of time," Magistrate Gary Wilson said.

"You were almost mid-range again."

Wood was convicted and sentenced to a community corrections order for nine months, disqualified from driving for nine months and fined $500.

Magistrate Wilson made a special order that Wood complete the traffic offenders program within three months and provide a certificate of completion to the court.

An interlock exemption order was made as Wood had no access to a vehicle.

"Now come back a third time for this type of offending, there will be a serious consideration of full time imprisonment," Magistrate Wilson said.

"You realise how serious these offences are."