Mum, 31, went on drunken 50-mile jaunt along motorway with 15-month-old son in the back of her BMW

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A mum who went on a drunken 50 mile drive along a motorway with her 15-month-old son in the back of her BMW has walked free from court.

Bernadette Halliwell, 31, from Kearsley, near Bolton, was stopped on the M6 near Keele services in Staffs during the evening rush hour after she being seen weaving around the carriageway whilst on her way to buy a children's slide she had seen on the internet.

The mother-of-one, a carer, from was detained on suspicion of drink driving but failed to give a breath test at the roadside due to her not blowing into the machine properly.

She later admitted drinking wine ahead of her journey and claimed she had only been driving erratically as she had become 'flustered' whilst lost and had momentarily taken her eye off the road to pick up her child's baby bottle which had fallen into the footwell of the vehicle. Read more: LIVE: Ryan Giggs trial continues as ex-partner claims he 'headbutted her' in row after she discovered affair with eight women - latest updates Halliwell was charged but was subsequently caught driving the same BMW 116 car whilst subject to an interim driving ban and falsely gave her sister's name as the driver.