Mansfield woman downed eight pints before crashing boyfriend’s car into a hedge

Jodie Sutton lost control of the vehicle on Brick Hill Lane, Mansfield Magistrates’ Court heard, careered over a roundabout, damaged a signpost and shunted one parked car into another before crashing into a hedge on April 16, at 11.30pm.

Becky Allsop, prosecuting, said a test revealed 24-year-old Sutton had 205 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood when the legal limit is 80mg.

Sutton, of Cottam Grove, Mansfield, admitted drink-driving and driving without insurance or a licence.

Mark Stocks, mitigating, said Sutton has no previous convictions and had spent the evening in the Sir John Cockle pub on Sutton Road, Mansfield.

Mr Stocks said: “One thing led to another and she consumed about eight pints and this was clearly a disinhibiting factor.

“She made the decision to drive her boyfriend’s car home, which, of course, was a serious mistake.

“She acknowledges this was a stupid thing to have done and totally and completely unnecessary.”

Mr Stocks said she earns £300 per month on a zero hours contract as a cook in Mansfield Woodhouse.

The court heard Sutton had written to the court explaining her financial circumstances were due to change as she is just about to buy a property.

She was banned from driving for 22 months but a rehabilitation course will reduce the disqualification by 22 weeks if she completes it successfully. She was also fined £120 and ordered to pay a £48 surcharge and £85 costs.