A woman has been banned from driving after appearing in court.

Leanne McKnight, 43, of Loop Road North, Whitehaven, pleaded guilty at the West Cumbria Magistrates’ Court on Friday to driving an Audi TT on Chapel Street in Whitehaven on May 20 while unfit to drive through drink.

She was fined £500, ordered to pay a £50 victim surcharge and £85 costs, and disqualified from driving for 17 months.