A drink-driver who crashed into a parked car after drinking ’double gins’ on Port Erin beach has been handed a five-year driving ban.

Erin Tasker was also sentenced to 100 hours of community service.

The 33-year-old social care worker pleaded guilty to a charge of drink-driving and was also ordered to retake her test at the end of her ban and attend a drink-driving rehabilitation course.

While passing sentence, High Bailiff Jayne Hughes told Tasker: ’You were almost three times the drink-drive limit and could easily have walked home.’

Prosecuting advocate Hazel Carroon told the court how police were called to Bay View Road in Port Erin on July 3 at 4.18pm after a report of a driver crashing her car into a stationary vehicle.

Tasker’s Ford Fiesta had crashed into a parked Toyota Corolla. She was at the scene and said to be slurring her words and unsteady on her feet.

She failed a breathalyser test and was arrested and taken to police headquarters.

Once there she failed a further test with a reading of 100. The legal limit is 35.

When initially interviewed Tasker answered ’no comment’ to all questions.

However, during a second interview she admitted drink-driving saying she had drunk a number of ’house measure’ double gins prior to the crash.

A probation report said that Tasker said she had been out with friends on Port Erin beach during the day from 2pm and had not eaten. She said she consumed a few double gins with lemonade and just after 4pm had decided to get in her car to go home.

Tasker, of Maghergarran, Port Erin, crashed into the parked Corolla, causing her car’s airbags to inflate.

She told probation officers that she had not drunk since the incident and had started attending Motiv8 meetings.

Defence advocate Paul Glover asked for credit to be given for his client’s immediate guilty plea and said that she maintained the support of her employer.

Mr Glover said that it had been just over 10 years since Tasker’s last offence, although that had been of a similar nature.

The advocate asked for community service to be imposed rather than a fine as he said his client had a large number of financial outgoings and would struggle to pay any financial penalty.

Tasker was also ordered to pay £125 prosecution costs by August 28.