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An online entrepreneur who almost crashed while over the limit and driving three sozzled passengers in Sunderland has been banned from the roads.

Paula Wakefield, 51, narrowly avoided another vehicle as she drove her Ford Focus at 1am on the A1231 Commercial Road in the Hendon area of the city, a court heard.

Wakefield, of Calvert Terrace, Murton, County Durham, was tailed by police officers who pulled her over on Saturday, March 18, 2023.

She provided a positive roadside breath test of 51mcg of alcohol in breath and was arrested, magistrates in South Tyneside heard.

The case was heard at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court.

Businesswoman almost crashed car in Sunderland while over the drink-drive limit