A LIMEKILNS woman has been found guilty of driving a car when she was almost five times over the limit.

Clare Leonelli, 54, had denied she had been drinking before getting behind the wheel.

However, the alarm had been raised over her erratic driving in a shop’s car park in Rosyth, where she struck the kerb.

CCTV from the store was shown at her trial at Dunfermline Sheriff Court and appeared to show her swaying about in the aisles.

However, Leonelli claimed she did not drink until she went home and that she had guzzled down a litre of wine in 30 minutes before the police arrived at her door.

Depute fiscal Dev Kapadia asked: “How could you even drink a litre of wine in that short time?”

“I don’t know but I did,” the accused answered.

Leonelli, of Sandilands, Limekilns, was found guilty of a charge that on August 11, in Unwin Avenue, Rosyth and Limekilns, she drove having consumed excess alcohol.

Her reading was 118 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the legal limit being 22 microgrammes.

Leonelli had been spotted striking the kerb outside the Sainsbury store in Rosyth by a concerned couple in their car and police were contacted with her registration number.

A second call was also received by police about her driving from someone in Limekilns.

When police attended at her home, Leonelli told officers she had not been drinking since she returned home from the shop shortly before.

However, her story changed in court when she claimed she had downed a full bottle of wine and another which was a third-full.

Sheriff Charles MacNair did not believe her evidence and found her guilty.

He called for reports and Leonelli will be sentenced on December 7. A temporary driving ban was imposed until then.