Daughter of The Hour Glass founders mounted kerb while driving after snorting ketamine at Orchard Towers

Audrey Tay May Li, whose parents founded luxury watch retailer The Hour Glass, pleaded guilty to three drug-related charges and another charge of driving without care and caution on Monday (Aug 27).

Five other charges which are all drug-related will be taken into consideration during her sentencing at a later date, reports The Straits Times.

The drug habit of the 45-year-old public relations consultant was revealed in 2015 after she drove her car into a traffic-light pole.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Carene Poh told the court that Tay had gone to a Thai restaurant in Orchard Towers at about 9pm on Aug 27, 2015.

While she was in the women's toilet, a transsexual person named "Jeri" offered her "something to relax", and made two lines with the powdered drug on the toilet seat cover, DPP Poh said.

Tay snorted the first line of powder, even though she knew that it was "K" also known as ketamine, and "Jeri" followed suit, DPP Poh added.

Tay subsequently left to meet a friend.

While she was driving along Newton Road, her car mounted a kerb before crashing into the road's central divider, and then hitting a traffic-light pole, which fell over and blocked a three-lane road on the opposite side.

When police officers and paramedics attended to Tay at the scene, they found she had slurred speech and her eyes were dilated. She was arrested after admitting to taking ketamine.

While out on bail, Tay took drugs again last year, said DPP Poh.

She was tested positive for ketamine and benzodiazepines during a urine test, and she later admitted to taking drugs about twice a week, after suffering a relapse about two months earlier.

Tay is currently out on a bail of $50,000.

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