Carer loses licence after a drunken crash she cannot remember

She has been barred from the roads for twenty months.

Davies was arrested after a collision in Sileby.

A carer has lost her licence after a drunken crash she had no memory of. Sharon Davies, 42, was driving her Vauxhall Corsa along Homefield Road in Sileby when she had the collision.

Leicester Magistrates Court heard a man living in the street rush out to see what had happened after hearing the noise at about 1 am on June 5th. Prosecutor Sally Bedford told the court: "He had gone to bed and was awoken by a loud smash and grinding noise.

"He went outside and saw the defendant's vehicle had been involved in a crash. The car was rolling back and forth as if she was trying to get it going again, and the engine was revving.

"He approached, and there was a strong smell of alcohol. It was indicated she had had a couple."

The police were called, and Davies was given a roadside breath test that showed she was over the limit. She was given a further test at a police station and was found to have an alcohol level of 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35mg.

Standing for herself in court, Davies, of Grange Street in Loughborough, told the magistrates: "To be honest, I don't recall the incident at all. It is not my usual behaviour, and I do not usually drink to that excess.

"I don't understand it to this day. I have worked as a carer for the last twenty years - for the elderly with dementia - and I have never been in trouble before.

"I've had some personal problems I've been going through. I got injured in the incident - I've got a sternum fracture."

She said she worked near her home in Loughborough and could continue working without her driving licence.

The magistrates banned Davies from driving for twenty months. She was also fined £276 and ordered to pay £85 in court costs and a £34 victim surcharge.