Sunshine Coast model found drug driving on party drug MDMA

An aspiring model was ‘disoriented’ and struggling to keep her eyes open when she was found in her car during an MDMA come-down.

When Emma-Leigh Claire McDonald pulled her car into Zarraffa’s Coffee about 11am on October 18, her driving worried one onlooker so much that he took the 20-year-old’s keys.

McDonald was found sitting in her car in a daze when police arrived at the drive-thru coffee shop on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, the Sunshine Coast Daily reported. 

Emma-Leigh Claire McDonald, 20, (pictured) pulled her car into Zarraffa’s Coffee about 11am on October 18, driving under the influence of drugs 

When she was pulled from her car, she was unable to stand up.

Police breath tested the 20-year-old but her test came back negative for alcohol.

McDonald admitted to police she took the party drug MDMA and had not slept in days when she was found at the coffee shop. 

A woman later approached the police to say McDonald had side-swiped her car on her way to the coffee shop. 

McDonald said she had no recollection of the collision. 

McDonald admitted to police she took the party drug MDMA and had not slept in days 

Sunshine Coast woman, Emma-Leigh Claire (pictured), was arrested and taken back to the police watchhouse

The 20-year-old Sunshine Coast woman was arrested and taken back to the police watchhouse.

She pleaded guilty in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Tuesday, charged with driving under the influence of drugs.

Her solicitor told the court McDonald was hospitalised for overdosing on the drug the night before she was caught drug driving.

The solicitor said her client’s decision to take the drug again was a bad idea, the publication reported.

McDonald’s psychologist told the court her patient suffered from severe depression and was working hard to get her life back on track.

Magistrate Ron Madsen fined McDonald $650, and suspended her from driving for six months.

McDonald (pictured) pleaded guilty in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Tuesday, charged with driving under the influence of drugs

 

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