A drink driver was banned from the roads after crashing into a lamp post, leaving her car and walking home.

Police were waiting for Joanne Marshall as she arrived at home in Mountbatten Way, Chilwell just after 2.30am, city magistrates heard.

She was arrested after giving a breath test reading of more than double the legal limit - but refused to provide another sample at a police station, said Judith Kirkham, prosecuting.

Officers found her Vauxhall Corsa on Chilwell High Road where it hit a lamp standard. Witnesses reported hearing "a loud bang."

As well as a one-year disqualification, a £300 fine was ordered from Marshall, 43. She admitted failing to give a breath sample on November 30 and failing to stop after an accident. She had never been in trouble before.

Marshall told the court she had just suffered a family upset and added: "I am sorry, it was very stupid.

"It is not me, totally out of character."

If she completes a course on the perils of drink driving, her ban will be reduced by three months.

Presiding magistrate Jane Forman Hardy told her: "We have given you credit because you have pleaded guilty to both charges."