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Paull’s car then went though some hedges and into the Mohawk gas station on West 3rd Street. Her car rear-ended a Dodge minivan refu- elling at the pumps.

Const. Rodrigue spoke briefly to Paull and noted she had a “strong odor of alco- hol coming from ter mouth,” said the Crown lawyer. Paull told Rodrigue she had had two drinks at Montana’s, said Nascou.

Const. Tom Seaman picked up the investigation.

' She was unsteady and “weaving” on her feet, her eyes were blood shot and._ her speech was slurred, according to Seaman.

At the North Vancouver RCMP detachment Paull blew .13 and .12 for blood alcohol content. The legal limit is .08.

While at the police sta- tion, Paull feel asleep in the telephone zoom where she went to call for legal advice.

Police woke her up. She was unsteady on ber feet,

She did not have a crimi- nal or driving recerd at the time.

On Sept. 10, Paull plead- ed guilty to impaired dri- ving in connection with an incident that police sa caused more than $12,00' damage to the cars.

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Pauli, a Burnaby resi- dent, did not say anything during the court proceed- ings. Her lawyer said that Paull rarely drinks.

“I believe she basically fell asleep,” said the defence lawyer,

Paull is the mother of two young children and is on social assistance.

She is taking a training program for future employ- ment, according to her lawyer. /

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