Boozed-up businesswoman, 27, caught drink driving says she was 'fleeing man' who approached her Fiat 500 as she ate a Big Mac

A businesswoman caught drink driving claimed she had been fleeing a mystery man who approached her car whilst she was eating a McDonald's Big Mac.

Helena Monk, 27, had stopped in a side road to eat the burger after going for dinner with a friend, only to panic when she saw the man walk towards her pink Fiat 500 car.

Stockport Magistrates Court heard she drove back onto a country road to get away from him, when police spotted her swerving around the carriageway with an internal light still switched on.

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Tests showed she was almost double the legal drink drive limit.

Monk, who lives in Hale, admitted drink driving and was banned from the roads for 18 months.

She has initially applied for a "special reasons" hearing in which drink drivers cite "exceptional hardship" in an attempt to dodge a driving ban.

The incident happened on July 15 last year at 11.10pm around 10 miles from Monk's flat, when police spotted her driving through the village of Mottram St Andrew near Alderley Edge.

It was claimed Monk, who works a textile designer and a recruitment agent, had been out for a meal and had dropped off her friend but stopped at McDonalds on her way home.

She then pulled over at a nearby pub to eat it before setting off again.

Prosecutor Peter Conroy said: "A police constable on patrol described the defendant as swerving from side to side in the road.

"There was an internal light on in the car. The officer conducted checks in her number plate and used his emergency equipment to stop her.

''The defendant pulled over and he could smell alcohol on her breath and could tell she was intoxicated. She then failed a road side breath test and was