Caprice had 'alcohol halitosis'

Caprice has blamed the incident on prescription drugs

Model Caprice had no sign of intoxication apart from "alchohol halitosis" when she was arrested for drink-driving, a court has heard.

Caprice, real name Caprice Bourret, was arrested on 10 December last year in Tottenham Court Road, central London.

The model, 34, has admitted drinking but blames the incident on drugs she was taking for a urinary infection, Highbury Magistrates' Court heard .

District Judge Emma Arbuthnot will deliver her judgement on Friday.

Admitted drinking

Ms Bourret was found to be one-and-a-half times the legal drink-drive limit, with 52 micrograms of alcohol in 35 millilitres of breath, after officers carried out a breath test.

She had admitted drinking a bottle and a half of red wine at lunch and several glasses at an evening party in the hours before the incident.

Her lawyer Nick Freeman - who has represented several celebrities in driving cases - said there were reasons why she should not be subject to the normal mandatory minimum one-year driving ban for a first drink-driving offence.

"She had had a lot to drink. I would not concede on her behalf that she was too drunk to remember," Mr Freeman said.

"There is a total absence of any suggestion of intoxication in this case. Nobody is suggesting that she was displaying any symptoms at all other than alcohol halitosis."

During an earlier hearing, he said Ms Bourret had been taking the prescription drug Cipro to deal with the infection.

Ms Bourret was present at court and sat in the dock during the hearing.

The case was adjourned until Friday.