Elena Evgenievna Lewin, 50 pleaded guilty to high-range drink driving at her first appearance in Milton Local Court on Thursday, September 12.

According to facts tendered to the court Lewin was directed into a random breath testing site for southbound traffic about 8.34am in Ulladulla on Sunday, June 9.

She produced a provisional (P2) licence. Police noted she had no P-plates to which she replied it was her husband's car.

A preliminary test indicated she had alcohol on her breath. She said she had two glasses of white wine with her dinner.

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Police asked her to submit to a direct RBT to determine the concentration. Despite 10 attempts, Lewin on each occasion placed the tube inside her mouth and mimicked blowing air. Police were aware because it displayed no air going into it.

She replied, "I am doing it."

Lewin was arrested and taken to Ulladulla Police Station. A translator was used to help complete the breath analysis.

She failed four more times because she blew "so softly" air failed to come through, facts stated.

About 9.41am, she made her fifth attempt and blew 0.216.

Magistrate Robert Walker fined Lewin $1500, disqualified her for nine months and placed her on a 24-month interlock order.