A DRINK driver crashed into another car after receiving a 'phonecall of reconciliation' from his girlfriend.

A court heard how Wilmslow worker Gary Wade, 34, went on a drinking binge after a row with his partner on January 19.

Then - after he had downed the equivalent of five pints, the court heard - his girlfriend contacted him to make up.

Vince McDade, defending, said: "He normally lives with his girlfriend but he'd had a row with her and went back to his own house.

"Around that time he started drinking and later received a phone call of reconciliation.

"So he decided to drive back to see her, even though he was over the limit."

But on the way to see his girlfriend in his Rover, Wade drove into the back of another car, injuring passengers and causing damage to both vehicles.

As both drivers exchanged details, suspicions grew as to Wade's condition and police were called.

He failed a roadside test and was later found with 93 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes.

Mr McDade said that Wade, a packer at Astra Zeneca, is receiving counselling for a drink problem.

After Wade admitted drink driving, magistrates adjourned sentencing until February 18 for reports.

Wade, of Peveril Walk, Macclesfield, was bailed and given an interim driving ban.