A petrol station worker convicted of drink driving has had the licence allowing her to sell alcohol to customers revoked. 

Rutland County Council's licensing committee decided this morning to take away Leanne Robbins' personal licence after Leicestershire Police informed the committee of her drink drive conviction. 

Robbins, who works at the Central Garage in Uppingham, was not at the hearing and said in a letter to the committee she could not attend due to transport issues but requested the committee suspend rather than remove her licence. 

Licensing officer Darren Dolby told the committee at Rutland County Council's Oakham headquarters of the circumstances which had led to Robbin's personal licence coming under review. 

He said: "Miss Robbins was convicted of drink driving at Leicester Magistrates court on February 28, 2025. Miss Robbins blew an evidential 98 micrograms of alcohol within a 100 millilitres of breath, the legal limit being 35 micrograms. It is also worth noting that this is Miss Robbins second conviction for drink driving having previously been convicted in 2011." 

Robbins, who was made the designated premises supervisor at the Uppingham garage in 2014, had hit a wall in Caldecott when drink driving and received a 25-month ban, she was also ordered to do 1,200 hours of community service and pay costs. 

At the meeting members of the committee expressed their disappointment that she had not attended in person to answer questions. Chairman Nick Begy (Ind) asked the councillors to ask the questions they would have put to Robbins if she had attended. 

Cllr Christine Wise (Lib Dem) said: "I understand that the lady in question was due at work the next day and I find it rather worrying that someone who blew 98 in the middle of the night  was going to be on duty the next day and therefore would still be under the influence and I would ask whether she considered not going into work the next day." 

Cllr Ray Payne (Lib Dem) said: "I would probably use my usual subtle question and ask the lady had she considered giving up the licence in the light of her previous history."   

And Tim Smith (Lib Dem) said: "I would ask her had she considered any help with her alcohol problem?" 

Cllr Abigail West (Lib Dem) said she would have asked Robbins what impact losing the personal licence would have on her employment. 

And the chairman said he wondered about her reason for non attendance when she said her community service was being carried out in Oakham. 

In her letter to the committee Robbins, of Tod's Terrace, Uppingham, had asked the committee to suspend her licence for three months rather than take it away entirely and said there was 'no excuse' for her behaviour which had had a 'massive effect' on her personal life. 

The committee retired to deliberate after hearing some legal points from the authority's principal solicitor Katherine Jamieson. 

She said the committee's 'paramount consideration' were the licensing objectives, which are the prevention of crime and disorder; public safety, public nuisance and the protection of children from harm. 

After about 30 minutes the committee reconvened and gave the decision. The details of the full decision will be given in writing within five days.