A suspended Keighley doctor, convicted of drink-driving, has been banned from driving for two years.
Jane Hornsey had denied the offence, which happened in Kilnsey on October 18, 2009, but was found guilty by Skipton magistrates last month.
The mother-of-four, of Millers House, Arncliffe, failed to convince the bench she was sober when her car crashed into a wall and that she had drunk a half-bottle of vodka before the police arrived.
A breath-test revealed she had 93 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath – the limit is 35.
The 53-year-old was yesterday sentenced to a 12-month community order, with 60 hours of unpaid work, and a 24-month ban, which will be reduced by a quarter if she completes a drink-drivers rehabilitation course, costing £140, by May 2012. She was also ordered to pay £500 costs.
At the trial, her lawyer, Simon Broad, said Hornsey had been in an emotional crisis as her husband was suffering bowel cancer and she had a depressive illness.
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