A PSYCHOLOGY graduate was caught more than five times the drink-drive limit on a 15-mile journey to the Vale of Leven after drivers and cops clocked her driving too slowly on a busy motorway.

Dorota Holi was spotted by police while driving westbound on the M8 past Glasgow Airport – but despite the concerns of witnesses and police on the ground and in the air – she didn’t stop until she hit a car in a street in Renton.

Holi, 44, appeared at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on Friday for sentencing after pleading guilty to charges of driving carelessly and while over the alcohol limit on November 1.

The court heard motorists became concerned when they saw her Dacia Duster travelling at speeds of no more than 40mph on the busy motorway.

Fiscal depute Emma Thomson told the court police saw Holi’s car swerving on the M8 near Glasgow airport at around 5.17pm, before slowing even further to 30mph.

A member of the public who saw Holi driving erratically on the A82 near Bowling then called police, who also spotted her car driving “excessively slowly” from a force helicopter.

Ms Thomson told the court: “The accused made her way on to Renton Road, through Renton towards Alexandria.

“The speed of the vehicle was still erratic, changing constantly from 15-25mph.

“At the junction of Main Street and Queen’s Drive the accused attempted to take a left hand turn, extremely wide and very slowly.

“Despite the speed of that manoeuvre the vehicle struck the offside of a witness’s parked vehicle, causing damage to both. The accused began to reverse before she was stopped.”

Ms Thomson said Holi was “extremely intoxicated” when she was removed from the vehicle, and supplied a positive breath test.

She was taken to Greenock police station and provided a reading of 117 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath – five and a half times the limit of 22 microgrammes.

Ms Thomson also said the Crown was making a motion to have the vehicle forfeited.

Peter Young, defending, told the court his client was aware she could be jailed, but said she was a first offender, with an “excellent” work history in Scotland and in her native Poland, where she had completed a degree in psychology.

He said: “This appears to be entirely out of character. She is full of remorse for her actions.”

Mr Young also opposed the Crown’s motion for forfeiture of the vehicle, stating that Holi hoped to have access to a vehicle as soon as she was allowed – though she accepted that a substantial driving ban was inevitable.

Sheriff John Hamilton imposed a two-year driving ban – though that can be reduced to 20 months if Holi, of Dunagoil Road, Castlemilk, completes a drink-drive rehabilitation course – and ordered her to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work.

But he refused the Crown’s motion to have the vehicle forfeited, stating that such a move would be “excessive” for a first offender.