![]() Phoebe Malouf was arrested on April 8 this year Malouf, after drinking what police described as 'two unknown sized tumblers of vodka, lemon and soda' and dropping one of her children's friends off from a sleepover. Mr Gunter questioned why neither Malouf not the nine-year-old's parents - who were 'entertaining' couldn't have just 'got a cab'. The death rate had dropped from 1200 a year, but he said was still 'horrific' and despite Greg James submission, Malouf 'didn't have a little bit of alcohol. The court heard that Malouf had jumped in her 4WD to drop a primary school friend of one of her three daughters home in April after the child became 'distressed' and her own parents were too drunk to drive.ĭressed in lightweight cream-coloured clothing, Malouf Malouf arrived shielded by an entourage of five including her barrister father, and later fled, sobbing, after Judge O'Brien questioned why she'd drive a 9-year-old drunk instead of calling an UberĬrown prosecutor Daryl Gunter told the court that Malouf's recorded a mid range alcohol reading was among NSW's drink driving statistics which also included 250 annual fatalities and serious injuries. Malouf, who sat looking nervous in court as her barrister tendered nine documents, later fled the John Maddison Tower court complex sobbing and shielded by friends and family on the street after Judge O'Brien's decision. His Honour rejected Greg James QC's argument that Malouf was a special case, saying 'I am of the view Mr James, despite your submissions, that a conviction should be recorded'.ĭressed in a lightweight cream sweater, cream singlet top and matching jersey pants with a blue mask over her face and her hair in a ponytail, Malouf arrived with an entourage of five which included her father, Sydney barrister Stephen O'Ryan QC. The 39-year-old was blasted by the judge who rejected part of her high-profile barrister's argument, saying she was 'foolish' and 'very selfish' to drive drunk - and that she was 'seven times more likely to harm people in a car accident which that much alcohol in her blood'.ĭistrict Court Judge Christopher O'Brien told the charity maven and wife of Sydney pub baron James Malouf on Thursday afternoon, 'you could have rung an Uber. Wealthy socialite Phoebe Malouf has lost her appeal to have a drink driving conviction overturned after she drove a nine-year-old home from a play date following a vodka-fuelled dinner.
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