Matthew Farley (29) admitted drink-driving and driving while disqualified and without insurance in the early hours of 6th April when he appeared before Chesterfield magistrates on Monday.

The court was told how Farley, who has since moved from Mansfield Road, Skegby, to his parents' home on Pilsley Road, Morton, near Alfreton, began to drink heavily and take cocaine after his glass manufacturing firm went bust last October.

Prosecutor Becky Mahon told magistrates how an off-duty police officer spotted Farley driving a Vauxhall Vectra, before he pulled over and stumbled into the road near the Corner Pin pub in Morton.

She also revealed how Farley, who had his sentence suspended for a year, had committed a similar offence in January when he had received a 20-month driving ban.

In mitigation, Avi Wadhawa said Farley was a broken man with drink and drug problems and told the court: "He has regular contact with his young daughter and hopes to rekindle the relationship with his ex-partner.

"He realises he first has to deal with his demons of drug and alcohol abuse. This is make or break time and he needs help. He knows he could go into custody today."

Farley was also banned from the road for three years and ordered to attend a eight-month drug rehabilitation course and pay £60 in costs.