Florist drove to pub after downing Jägermeister then parked car in a hedge

A florist has been banned from the road after she knocked back Jägermeister shots then drove to the pub and parked her car in a hedge.

Kim Riefer narrowly missed a bystander as she made her two mile journey to a pub in Lymm - but was apparently oblivious to the near-miss and drove on into a car park. The 58-year-old then left her Citroen Berlingo parked across two spaces with the front end of the vehicle embedded in the privet hedge.

Staff at the Jolly Thresher pub confiscated her key cars and called the police, Warrington Magistrates' Court heard. Riefer, who runs a florists shop in Manchester, was found 'incoherent' and barely able to speak in the ladies bathroom.

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A breath test showed she was more than three times the legal alcohol limit. She said she had been consuming the herbal liqueur - which has an alcohol volume of 35 per cent - to relieve her stomach pains.

Miss Yvonne Dobson, prosecuting, said: "It was April 11 of this year at around 4.30pm. Officers attended a case of a road traffic collision where the defendant has attended the public house in Warrington.

"She almost crashed into a bystander before crashing into a hedge before entering the car park of the pub. Staff, as the defendant has entered the public house, have taken the vehicle keys from the defendant.

"As officers arrive at the location, they see the defendant’s vehicle parked over two spaces, with the front end situated in a hedge. Officers entered the public house and the defendant was in the bathroom.

"Due to the level of intoxication the officer felt that the defendant was unable to coherently communicate with him. Whilst the officer was trying to speak with her,