A WOMAN who crashed her car at a zebra crossing was found to be more than four times the drink-drive limit.

Sara Guy, of Brook Road in Shotton, appeared at Mold Magistrates Court on Thursday.

The 46-year-old admitted that on April 3 at Gronant, she drove a Peugeot motor vehicle on the A548 at Gronant after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in her breath exceeded the prescribed limit.

Prosecutor Rhian Jackson told the court the defendant was spotted leaving the Bells of St Marys pub and restaurant in Gronant.

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She appeared to be struggling to get the vehicle in gear and was heard colliding with something in the car park when reversing out of her space.

Guy then turned left out of the car park and headed in the direction of Prestatyn, but was "weaving all over the road."

After clipping a kerb, she drove up an embankment and then back down onto the wrong side of the road, into oncoming traffic.

Guy crashed her car by a zebra crossing, having struck railings. 

Members of the public at the scene tried to get her keys off her to prevent her from driving any further and when spoken to by them, she 'giggled', but her laughter soon turned to tears, Ms Jackson said.

When police arrived at the scene, The defendant claimed to have taken diazepam and consumed alcohol.

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She provided a very high reading at the roadside, and was taken to hospital, where her blood was taken and later analysed.

It turned out she had 322 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood - the limit being 80.

Probation officer Pamela Roberts told the court the defendant was "under no illusion" as to the seriousness of her position and had started drinking wine at lunch.

But Ms Roberts said the offences was "out of character" for guy, who was "embarrassed and ashamed by the way she acted."

In limited submissions to the court Gary Harvey, defending, said his client had a "realistic prospect of rehabilitation."

District Judge Gwyn Jones told the defendant people had become so concerned about her manner of driving that they had intervened.

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He handed down a total sentence of 26 weeks, but suspended it for 12 months.

Guy must undertake 10 days of rehabilitation activity and a six month alcohol treatment requirement.

She was banned from driving for two-and-a-half years and must also pay £85 costs, as well as a £154 victim surcharge.