A drink-driver who crashed into a wall has been fined £1,800 and banned from driving for five years.
She pleaded guilty to drink-driving and was also ordered by magistrates to retake her test at the end of the ban and complete a drink-driving rehabilitation course.
Prosecuting advocate Chrissie Hunt told the court that White had been drinking during a lunch in Castletown on August 17 last year.
She was then driven to Ramsey by a friend.
But White then took her own car to drive home from Ramsey to Bride and hit a wall on the approach to Bride Hill at around 4.30pm.
Police attended the accident and she was said to be smelling of alcohol.
White told paramedics she had blacked out prior to the accident.
After failing a roadside breathalyser test she was taken to Noble’s Hospital for treatment.
Blood was taken which later produced a result of 271. The legal limit is 80.
She told police: ’I feel so guilty. I was depressed. I’m so tremendously sorry for wasting your time.’
Magistrates heard that she has no previous convictions.
Defence advocate Jane Gray handed in character references for her client as well as a letter from White herself.
Ms Gray said: ’Ms White has held her licence for more than 40 years and hasn’t so much as received a parking ticket.
’She works on the family farm. On the day of the offence she drove from Bride to Ramsey and met friends at a coffee shop at Mooragh Park.
’One group of friends were going to Castletown and initially she was not sure about going, but a lady said she was driving and would bring her back so Ms White was of the view that she wouldn’t be driving.
’She had some drinks bought for her that she wasn’t familiar with.
’When her friend brought her back to Ramsey she dropped her off at the car and said she had to go in a hurry. So Ms White was now stuck in Ramsey and didn’t know what to do.
’She sat in her car for a while but then felt ok to drive.
’Obviously that decision turned out to be catastrophic.’
The advocate went on to say that her client had not driven or consumed alcohol since the incident and had paid for the damage to the wall.
Magistrates chair David Christian told White: ’Clearly you’ve made a bad error of judgement.
’When you look at the pictures of the accident it is lucky it was just a wall that was damaged.
’It could have turned out a lot worse especially being three times the limit.’
White was also ordered to pay £50 prosecution costs which she agreed to pay along with the fine within seven days.