A Kilgetty mum has been disqualified from getting behind the wheel of her vehicle for three years after admitting a drink driving offence.

Thirty-six-year-old Charmaine Probert, of Kingsmoor Common, appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court, on Tuesday, charged with driving her Volkswagen Touran, with 64 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the prescribed limit.

Prosecutor Vaughan Pritchard-Jones told the court that on July 12, police had received a ’phone call to make them aware that Miss Probert was on her way to her ex-partner’s house in Saundersfoot, potentially to have a confrontation.

“The defendant was pulled over by police on Brewery Terrace and fully co-operated. She was given a roadside breath test which proved positive and arrested and taken to the police station,” he explained.

“When interviewed, Miss Probert told officers that between 4 and 8 pm, she had drunk half a bottle of vodka, together with her ex-partner at her home, before they argued and he left.

“A ’phone call from her ex’s father upset her somewhat, and she drove two miles to Saundersfoot.

“She accepts that she was drink-driving, and also has a previous conviction within the last 10 years for drink-driving,” continued Mr. Pritchard-Jones.

Defence solicitor Mark Layton told the court that his client was a single mother and had been in a ‘difficult relationship’ with her ex, but they had gone to Carmarthen and enjoyed a good day, before returning to her home and sharing some alcohol.

“After her ex had left, Miss Probert became distressed and upset by a conversation she had on the ’phone with his father, and made a foolish decision to get in her car and drive to confront her ex,” explained Mr. Layton.

“She is a single mother on benefits and lives some distance from the school where she drives her child to. She didn’t think properly about her actions,” he added.

Magistrates disqualified Miss Probert from driving for three years and fined her £140 for the offence.

She was also ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a £30 victim surcharge.