A WOMAN who had been drinking in a Whalley nightclub opted to drive home, rather than complete the half mile journey on her crutches, a court was told.

Magistrates heard Joanne Marie Grimshaw was stopped shortly after setting off and found to be nearly double the legal drink-drive limit.

Grimshaw, 39, of Railway View, Billington, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol. She was fined £150 with £50 costs and disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Grimshaw, who gave a reading of 69 against the legal limit of 35, agreed to be referred to the drink drive rehabilitation programme which, if completed successfully, will reduce her ban by up to 25 per cent.