A drink driver caught over the limit at Helston Skate Park on Christmas Day has been banned from driving for 18 months.

Olivia Ireland, aged 20, of Harveys Terrace, Godolphin Road, Helston, was caught by police on December 25 last year.

She pleaded guilty to being nearly twice the drink drive limit when she appeared at Truro Magistrates’ Court on January 12.

The charge reads that on December 25 she drove a white Ford Fiesta on a public place namely Helston Skate Park Coronation Park, Porthleven Road, Helston, after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in her breath, namely 68microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeded the prescribed limit.

Ireland was fined £250, ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £100 and pay costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

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She was disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 18 month as disqualification is obligatory for the offence.

Ireland was told that disqualification would be reduced by 18 weeks if, by January 7, 2024, she satisfactorily completed a course approved by the Secretary of State costing no more £250. Her driving record was endorsed.

Her guilty plea was taken into account by magistrates when imposing sentence.