A man who went drinking in Skipton after cancelling his wedding rings following the breakdown of his relationship crashed into a campervan, a court heard.
Daniel Sadler, 37, was moving his Mini Cooper to a new parking space in Devonshire Place on March 29 when he drove into the vehicle, the Skipton court heard on Friday.
Magistrates told Sadler, of the Ribble Valley Country and Leisure Park, Paythorne, Gisburn, he had been close to a custodial sentence after driving while more than three times the alcohol limit.
Police received a call from a member of the public about a suspected drink driver and arrived to find Sadler standing by his vehicle, said prosecutor Matthew Rose.
Sadler provided a positive roadside test and was taken to Harrogate Police Station, where he was found to have 114 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35mcg.
Sadler, who had no previous convictions, admitted drink-driving.
He had recently split from his fiancée and had gone into Skipton to cancel the wedding rings, the court was told.
Mitigating, Keith Blackwell said while Sadler had got into his vehicle to move it his foot had slipped off the clutch and he had driven into the side of the campervan.
Mr Blackwell added Sadler, who works in sales, was very apologetic.
Probation officer, Andrew Watson, asked by magistrates to carry out a pre-sentence report, said Sadler had moved to the area from Bournemouth with his fiancée to work in the area.
The relationship had broken down, and he had driven into Skipton to cancel the rings for the wedding, which was to have taken place in the summer.
He had drunk five or six pints and a couple of glasses of spirits before attempting to move his car, demonstrating a poor state of mind, said Mr Watson.
Mr Watson said Sadler had told him he would learn from what he had done and had already sought help from his doctor.
Sadler was told by magistrates that had his reading been much higher he could have been facing a custodial sentence.
He was given a 12-month community order with 100 hours of unpaid work and up to 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days.
He was also banned from driving for two years and ordered to pay costs of £85 and a surcharge of £114.
If he completes a drink-driver rehabilitation course by September next year, his ban will be reduced by 24 weeks.
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