A CARE worker has lost her licence after admitting drink-driving during a night out.

Becky Davies, of Henry Street in Rhostyllen, appeared at Wrexham Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning.

The 35-year-old admitted that on November 6, she drove an Audi motor vehicle in Abbott Street after consuming so much alcohol that the level of it in her breath exceeded the specified limit.

Suzanne Cartwright, prosecuting, told the court police were made aware of the defendant driving in Wrexham after drinking.

Officers followed her down Brook Street and saw her come to a stop in Abbott Street.

They spoke with her and could smell alcohol. Her eyes were red and glazed, Ms Cartwright said.

Davies failed a preliminary breath test and later provided another of 80 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - the limit being 35.

Melissa Griffiths, defending, said her client's circumstances on the night had been a "convoluted and sorry tale."

She'd gone for a night out in the city centre and parked her vehicle outside the Nag's Head, intending to leave it there for the night and get a lift home.

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But between 4 and 5am, when she was ready to leave, she was unable to get a taxi.

Davies became concerned about another woman she was out with, who was "extremely intoxicated" and receiving attention from men on the street.

Feeling responsible and concerned for her, and with her phone having run out of battery, she returned to her car and drove back to where she'd left her, only to find her missing.

Davies then drove around the city centre looking for her, before spotting the police and realising she'd done wrong.

Ms Griffiths said: "Essentially, it is as a result of her feeling responsible.

"She took the foolish decision to get in the car and drive round looking for her.

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"Ultimately she was reported missing as she never made it home - but she was found the following day sleeping in a field with no idea how she got there which perhaps corroborates the fact she was concerned about her."

Ms Griffiths said her client, who has been a residential child care worker for eight years, requires her licence in order to do her job and would likely lose her employment as a result of the inevitable driving ban.

District Judge Gwyn Jones fined Davies £400 and ordered her to pay £85 costs and a £160 victim surcharge.

She was banned from driving for 20 months.