A WOMAN was caught drunk at the wheel with two young children in her car.

Audi Q3 driver Sarah Maher was more than three times over the limit when she was stopped in the car park of Wickes after an accident at Greenbridge retail park in Swindon.

Tests found she had 116 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35mg.

Maher, 39, of Briars Green, St Helens, admitted drink-driving, failing to stop at the scene of an accident, being found drunk in a public place while having the charge of two children under the age of seven and letting a child ride in the car without a seat belt.

She was sentenced to a 12-month community order, six months of alcohol treatment, 10 points added to her licence, 15 days rehabilitation activity and ordered to pay £175 in costs and victim surcharge.