'Herbal remedy put woman over drinks limit'

A mother-of-four ended up on a drink-driving charge - after taking a herbal remedy which had a 55 per cent alcohol content.

Sally Ann Billington, 45, from Lower Darwen, now faces losing her job at a Burnley property firm after pleading guilty to driving three times over the limit.

She had no idea the £5.99 50ml bottles of Boots' Milk Thistle Tincture contained such a high concentration of alcohol, Blackburn magistrates heard.

Mrs Billington crashed her car into the back of a stationary bus after drinking three bottles of the cure. The bottle states one to two millilitres should be drunk in liquid three times a day - about a tenth of the bottle at the most. But Mrs Billington said the alcohol content should be made clearer as it was only in the small print.

Speaking after the hearing Mrs Billington, of Sangara Drive, Lower Darwen, said: "I know I should have read the label but you don't expect to get drunk off something you have bought at Boots.
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... and this stuff is also supposed to help people with a hangover!