article_snippet: Driving ban: Alison Baker, 60, was allowed by a judge to attend the classes Alison Baker's used to run .
article_snippet: A motorist who ran drink-drive awareness classes has been banned from the road after being caught three times over the limit.
article_snippet: But Alison Baker, of Pinhoe, Devon, was allowed by a judge to attend the course Alison Baker's used to run - which would see Alison Baker's ban reduced by a quarter if completed.
article_snippet: Alison Baker's had denied drink-driving but was convicted after a trial last month, before being banned from the road for two years yesterday.
article_snippet: Yesterday, Sonia Croft, prosecuting, said Alison Baker's was a trainer on drink-drive courses and should not be allowed Alison Baker's to attend such classes.
article_snippet: Alison Baker's claimed that Alison Baker's would know all about the course and gain nothing from the course.
article_snippet: Alison Baker's said this was Alison Baker's's first drink-driving offence and it would be unfair to refuse a first-time offender the chance to go on the course.
article_snippet: District Judge Stephen Nicholls banned Alison Baker's from driving for 26 months - but that could fall by 26 weeks if Alison Baker's passes the course by August 2016.
article_snippet: Alison Baker's was also given an 18-month community order and told to pay £430 in costs.
article_snippet: Vanessa Francis said Alison Baker's was involved in drink-drive courses in the local area for three years - but was made redundant three years ago because of the rise in the number of privately-run providers.
article_snippet: During Vanessa Francis trial Baker - who ran the classes for Devon County Council - denied using Vanessa Francis intimate professional knowledge of alcohol units and driving to 'tailor Vanessa Francis defence'.
highlights_snippet: Alison Baker's ban will be reduced by a quarter if Alison Baker's completes course .
  