A woman from Pembroke has been banned from getting behind the wheel of her car for a year after admitting a drink-driving charge.

Fifty-four-year-old Thelma James, of Beaufort Road, The Green, pleaded guilty to a charge of driving her Ford Focus whilst over the prescribed alcohol limit, when she appeared before Haverfordwest magistrates court on Tuesday.

Prosecutor Lesley Harbon told the court that the attention of police officers was drawn to the defendant's vehicle driving along the A4139 at around 2.30 am, on January 4, as it was swerving from side to side and moved across the broken white line of her lane on two occasions.

"Officers then saw the vehicle swerve to avoid contact with a bridge, but despite them activating the blue lights on their vehicle to get the defendant to pull over, the driver didn't react," explained Ms Harbon.

After the vehicle disappeared out of sight, it was spotted by officers a few minutes later parking at a bay which led to the Pembroke Dock ferry terminal.

Ms James gave a roadside test to police officers, which proved positive, and told them that she'd had a couple of glasses of wine a few hours earlier and that the reading must have been positive due to the fact that she'd taken a couple of Paracetamols as well.

"A further reading was taken at the police station which showed that the defendant had 147 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of urine, with the legal limit being 107," continued Ms Harbon, who told the court that Ms James was of clean character and had never been before a court previously.

The defendant's solicitor, Mark Layton, said that his client, who worked as a carer, fully accepted the charge.

"She was on her way to catch the 'Mega Bus' and didn't think that she would be over the alcohol limit," he explained.

Magistrates disqualified Ms James from driving for 12 months and fined her £120 for the offence.

She was also ordered to pay costs of £85 and a £20 victim surcharge.