A North Shore mom who was acquitted of drink driving after blaming the excessive studying on a wholesome drink allegedly rolled her Mercedes in a ‘film set’ accident weeks later.
Natasha Jansen, 49, was cleared of drink driving earlier this 12 months after falling asleep outdoors her youngsters’s non-public faculty in Northbridge and returning a studying 5 occasions the authorized restrict in July 2024.
The mother-of-two had her fees dismissed on August 11 after arguing in court docket that her reflux drawback, mixed together with her skincare regime, was guilty.
She mentioned the chlorophyll she drank as a part of the regime resulted within the presence of alcohol in her mouth, which gave an inaccurately excessive studying on the breathalyzer.
However simply weeks after his acquittal, Jansen confronted Hornsby Native Courtroom on a brand new set of fees referring to a crash on Kameruka Highway in Northbridge on August 29.
Photographs from the scene confirmed Jansen’s automotive mendacity in the midst of the highway, with builders from a close-by development web site serving to to extricate her from the wreckage.
Police allege she rolled her luxurious SUV after crashing into two parked vehicles round 11:30 a.m. and returned a optimistic alcohol consequence on the scene.
Jansen allegedly refused to take a breathalyzer take a look at at Chatswood Police Station and was later charged with careless driving and failing to submit a breathalyzer take a look at.
Natasha Jansen (pictured) appeared briefly in Hornsby Native Courtroom on a second vehicle-related cost, after a drink-driving cost was withdrawn earlier this 12 months
Photographs confirmed builders from a close-by job web site serving to Jansen out of the wreckage.
However in court docket paperwork, obtained by 7NewsJansen mentioned she ‘had a historical past of alcoholism, is unemployed and has two youngsters as dependents’.
“The defendant seems to have been intoxicated whereas working a automobile which resulted in a collision which, luckily, didn’t consequence within the harm/demise of an individual,” police allege in Jansen’s bond paperwork.
‘The accused didn’t voluntarily adjust to the legislative obligations imposed on her being the motive force of a motorcar concerned in a collision.’
Jansen’s court docket look Thursday was temporary, lasting only a few minutes, earlier than she shortly left the constructing surrounded by a bunch of media.
She remained silent, together with her head bowed and her sun shades lowered, as she was requested, ‘How are you going to beg? Something you’d wish to say?
One member of the media joked: “Do you’ve an issue with alcohol, Mrs. Jansen, or simply chlorophyll?”
NSW Police mentioned emergency companies discovered the overturned automobile after being referred to as to Kameruka Highway following reviews of a crash.
“To be trustworthy, it was like a film set. I heard the automotive truly took off,” mentioned resident Françoise. 7News.
Jansen was acquitted of drink driving after falling asleep in her automotive outdoors her youngsters’s non-public faculty and returning a studying 5 occasions the authorized restrict.
A NSW Police spokesperson mentioned Jansen was handled on the scene by paramedics for minor accidents.
“She was given a roadside breathalyzer take a look at, which reportedly returned a optimistic consequence,” they mentioned.
The brand new fees come simply weeks after Jansen’s drink driving fees had been dismissed at Hornsby Native Courtroom.
Jansen consumed two 500ml bottles of Grants liquid chlorophyll, accessible in supermarkets, whereas ready outdoors the varsity, the court docket was instructed.
Neuropharmacology skilled Professor Macdonald Christie testified that the quantity consumed by Jansen ought to have left her with a blood alcohol studying of 0.12 or much less – beneath the restrict for a drink driving cost.
The court docket was instructed that Jansen suffered from a reflux drawback, which, in line with a police breathalyzer skilled, may have brought about an inaccurate studying if it brought about her to regurgitate chlorophyll into her mouth.
The breathalyzer could have mirrored the alcohol content material in Jansen’s mouth fairly than his bloodstream, the court docket was instructed.
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