A Bronglais Hospital PA was almost four times the drink-drive limit when she crashed her car while driving home after drinking a bottle of wine and vodka.

Emma Louise Crees, 43, admitted drink-driving on 4 June when her car crashed on the Rhiwgoch road, near Aberaeron, after she clipped a verge on her way home to Ffosyffin.

Magistrates heard that Crees had been battling with issues with alcohol for several years and a letter written by her husband to magistrates said he felt Crees, of Wenarth, Ffosyffin, had been let down by support agencies when she had tried to seek help.

Prosecutor Helen Tench said Crees’s husband had called police just before 7pm to say she had been in a crash and was trapped in her car.

Officers found the car with Crees in the front seat, but unable to get out.

She was eventually helped out of the car through the boot.

Firefighters attended the crash scene.

Crees was taken to hospital and had X-rays after she complained of soreness in her chest, but it was established that she had not suffered serious injuries.

Ms Tench said that a breath test around three hours after the crash found that Crees had 138 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.

Crees told officers that she had bought alcohol and had driven to Aberystwyth seafront and drank the bottle of wine before driving home. She admitted she had issues with alcohol.

Defence solicitor Janem Jones said Crees had drunk the wine before driving part way home, stopping again to drink some of the vodka.

She said Crees had sought help from agencies, but that she had not received the support she required.

Ms Jones said Crees was remorseful about her actions and said she realised that the consequences could have been much worse and could have led to someone being badly hurt.

Presiding magistrate Brian Ashton said: “This offence is horrendous when you look at the level of alcohol.

“The consequence of what could have happened on a busy road at this time of day in Aberaeron doesn’t bear thinking about.”

Crees was given a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for a year.

She was made subject to a 12-month alcohol treatment order and will have to complete 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days as well.

Magistrates imposed a 30-month driving ban and ordered Crees to pay costs of £200.