A 54-year-old woman has been disqualified from driving for 16 months after she crashed into a parked car while more than twice the legal drink-drive limit.

Anna Bishop of Evesham Road, Harvington, near Evesham, was also fined £250 for the offence which was committed on Tuesday, April 3.

Bishop, a service administrator for a car dealership, claimed she drank more than two glasses of whisky after the accident to calm her nerves. This led to her being found to have 85mcg of alcohol in 100ml breath when the legal limit is 35mcg.

She pleaded guilty to driving above the legal drink-drive limit.

Although tests showed Bishop did have some whisky after the accident, Douglas Marshall, prosecuting, said it was not enough to have caused her to be so far above the limit.

Mr Marshall said police officers were called to the scene of an accident in Church Street, Harvington, at about 2am.

"The driver made off prior to police arrival, leaving the Ford Fiesta in the road with the keys still in the ignition."

People at the scene of the accident led the police to Bishop's home. Mr Marshall said the police were briefly prevented from entering the property to interview Bishop.

He added: "Eventually, the officers were let in to speak to her and she appeared to be very drunk. The defendant claimed she had been home all evening but she was dressed as if she had been out for the night."

Mr Marshall said Bishop eventually admitted to police officers she had been out driving and had been to the pub beforehand.

In mitigation Mark Turnbull said it was "disappointing" the Crown Prosecution Service could not provide exact details of how much the whisky affected the defendant's alcohol reading.

However, he said Bishop did go out to a pub to meet up with friends following an argument with her partner.

"She had two halves of cider and took part in a darts match," he said.

"Her friends left but she stayed on to finish her drink when somebody else she knew bought her a drink.

"She stayed there for the remainder of the evening consuming halves of cider and estimates she had three and half pints in total before she left the pub at about 1.30am."

Bishop was ordered to pay £60 court costs and was also fined an extra £15 surcharge.