She said Mrs Sinclair was drunk and had been violent in the past to her husband of 10 months.

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Many of Jim's most memorable moments on the Street have happened when he is drunk, and Lawson has admitted having had a drink problem himself in the past.

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In the past 11 months, more than 14m vehicles have been stopped and checked, 6m fines issued, 20, 000 drunk drivers arrested, and more than 50, 000 defective vehicles taken off the roads, most of them buses and taxis.

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