A WOMAN has been banned from getting behind the wheel after pleading guilty to drink-driving.

Burnley magistrates heard how Rebecca Fletcher-Bullock, 20, of Bluebell Way, Huncoat, was more than twice over the legal limit when she was stopped by police driving a Hyundai i10 on the Clitheroe section of the A59 on September 4.

Prosecutors said Fletcher-Bullock had 82 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath when she was breathalysed by police. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

Fletcher-Bullock pleaded guilty to a single count of driving with excess alcohol.

She was banned from driving for 20 months an fined £100.

Fletcher-Bullock must also pay £300 prosecution costs and a £30 surcharge to fund victim services