Failing to provide police with a breath sample after crashing into a roundabout led to a Pembroke woman losing her licence.

Jerry Lingwood, of The Parade, appeared before Haverfordwest magistrates on Tuesday, July 10.

She pleaded guilty to failing to provide a breath specimen for analysis while suspected of drink-driving.

The court heard that police came across a single vehicle traffic collision on the Honeyborough roundabout, Neyland, at 12.20am on June 22.

Vaughan Pritchard-Jones, prosecuting, said: “It seems this young lady lost control of the vehicle at the roundabout.”

Police asked Lingwood, 31, to provide a roadside breath test when they noticed the smell of alcohol, and she blew a high positive reading. However, she failed to give an evidential sample when taken to the police station, only blowing four partial specimens.

When asked if there was a reason why she was unable to give a sample she replied: “Yes, I don’t want to.”

Mark Layton, defending, said: “She accepts she misjudged the roundabout and came into collision with it. She accepts she failed to provide an adequate sample at the police station.”

He added that Lingwood had been dealing with housing and health issues, which he hoped would be resolved in the near future, and had spent three months in a hostel after losing her job and her mortgaged property as a result.

The bench heard that she was ‘extremely remorseful’ for the offence, and had been driving to see her partner in Milford Haven after drinking that evening, when she crashed.

Following a probation report, magistrates fined Lingwood £120 and ordered her to pay £85 court costs plus an £85 surcharge.

She was sentenced to a 12 month community order with a ten day rehabilitation activity requirement and banned from driving for 16 months.